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Topic: New Member; Piano Jazz

Posted By: SonnyBr
Subject: New Member; Piano Jazz
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2021 at 9:11am

Hello everyone. New member Sonny here. I'm interested in learning more about stride pianists. Any recommendations on where to start? I believe Dick Hyman recorded at least one LP consisting entirely of stride-style playing. What's it called, and is it worth a listen?

By way of background: My father was a pianist. I grew up listening to him play standards of the 1930s and 1940s: Star Dust, Deep Purple, Misty, and a bit of the ol' boogie woogie. I'm familiar with the work of Garner, Tatum, Powell, Carle and Cole. I also love the organ/guitar combos that used to be so popular, especially Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Grant Green, Jimmy McGriff and the like.

Regards,

SonnBr

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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2021 at 10:29am

Hi Sonny, welcome to the site. When I get a few minutes I will help you out with the stride piano questions.

Posted By: js
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2021 at 12:23pm

Dick Hyman has several stride albums, here is a cut from one:

Posted By: js
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2021 at 12:25pm

Here is our section on stride piano:

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/subgenre/stride-piano" rel="nofollow - http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/subgenre/stride-piano

Posted By: SonnyBr
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2021 at 6:38am

Thanks for the quick response. This sounds like a good place to start.