Sentences with phrase «plays jazz piano»

At Lexington High School, Noah captains the school's math team and plays jazz piano.

Michael Barton has high - functioning autism, studies physics at the University of Surrey, UK, plays jazz piano and gives talks on the positive aspects of autism.

He plays jazz piano, thinks acting is a «magical, mystical journey» — and couldn't care less about the money.

He plays jazz piano and is a member of the Musicians» Union.

Unfortunately, Gosling will be overlooked, though the fact that he spent four months learning to play jazz piano should put him over the top in the balloting.

Or, teaching is more like playing jazz piano: you learn concepts, practice reactions, by learning to hear the chords, and then perform these responses spontaneously, interacting with the other musicians in such a way that you play with honest feeling in order to make «music» together.

The best I experienced, of any conference, was actually introduced by Hilde Schwab, and featured a moderator who played jazz piano for the group in order to explain how creative flow interacts with learned knowledge.

Not exact matches

Question for you Jazzaxman, I am switching over from piano to guitar and will be trying to play mostly jazz pieces, along the lines of Bill Frissel and some bossa from guitarists like Baden Powell.

So my advice is to learn how to play with another guitar player or piano player (i.e. someone that can carry the harmony), before trying solo jazz guitar (where one would use a fingerpicking style since one has to play harmony and melody).

I once asked a jazz piano great, which scale he had used in a particular section of a piece he played called «Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.»

After the third quarter of a piano - wire - tight Game 3 between the Kings and the Jazz last Saturday, forward Chris Webber bellowed at his point guard, «It's time to play Kings basketball.»

Morgan had the opportunity to go to overnight camps for a week or more, to participate in after school activities, go to Prom and Homecoming, participate in the Forensics (Speech / Debate) team with overnight trips, play piano as the accompanist for the high school Jazz Choir, mountain bike... basically, he was a real boy!

J. S. Bach's father and uncles were accomplished musicians, Charlie Parker's old man played piano on the vaudeville circuit, Paul McCartney's pop blew the trumpet in a band, and Prince got his name from his dad's jazz trio.

Thereby, different procedures may have established in their brains while playing the piano which makes switching between the styles more difficult,» says Daniela Sammler, neuroscientist at MPI CBS and leader of the current study about the different brain activities in jazz and classical pianists.

I am a Black Man from Detroit, Michigan, and a Musican, for I play: Trumpet; Piano; Guitar, and I sing: Jazz, and Soul Music.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling make for a terrific pair of leads: she's an aspiring actress who works at a coffee shop on the Warner Bros. studio lot, he's a jazz musician reduced to playing Christmas piano in a restaurant.

April 29 is the anniversary of the birthday of a jazz musician who began playing the piano at age 7.

Titles to suggest for research include: Baby Flo, by Alan Schroeder; Ray Charles, by Sharon Bell Mathis; When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa, by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Knockin» On Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates, by Lynne Barasch; Paul Robeson, by Eloise Greenfield; Sweet Music in Harlem, by Debbie A. Taylor; Rent Party Jazz, by William Miller; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, by Christopher Raschka; Dizzy, by Jonah Winter; When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat, by Muriel Harris Weinstein; Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles — Think of That!

In her spare time, she enjoys jazz and hip - hop dance, playing the piano and oboe, and spending time with her family and friends.

As the story goes, Mehretu was paid visits while working there by her friend Jason Moran, a decorated jazz musician who would hang out on the balcony and play electric piano while she painted.

Andrea Fraser created a sound installation about Sing Sing prison; Lucy Dodd peppered the gallery with free - standing abstract paintings and organized a festive music series in the space; Michael Heizer showed a monumental projection documenting — at full - scale — one of his earthworks; jazz icon Cecil Taylor exhibited archival documentation and ephemera from his long career, showed video of his piano playing and participated in a star - studded performance program; and filmmaker Steve McQueen screened a video about Paul Robeson's McCarthy - era FBI file.

In his spare time, John plays piano in the Under the Stairs jazz quartet and also plays cello with two Toronto - based early music organizations.

Scott teaches music at a university and plays piano in a jazz band.