Sentence examples for a versatile pianist from inspiring English sources

His Web site describes him as a versatile pianist and composer who specializes in classical music, jazz and various styles of Latin music.

But for five years now, Pedja Muzijevic, the music director for the center and a versatile pianist of broad, eclectic tastes, has presented some of the world's finest singers, instrumentalists and ensembles in this series of casual, free concerts.

Mr. Ax, a versatile pianist with exquisite touch yet fully capable of bravura dazzlement, and Mr. Bronfman, a bravura pianist fully capable of exquisite touch, create fine synergy on a new Sony Classical recording of Rachmaninoff's works for two pianos.

But that's the rare instance: he's a versatile pianist with a big sound, especially strong in the extreme registers, and his fast fingers dig into montunos and Herbie Hancock jazz chords.

With Cory Smythe, a versatile pianist and composer whose own recent album, "Pluripotent," shows a healthy disregard for genre boundaries, Ms. Hahn accompanied Mr. Swafford's impromptu choir in renditions of "In the Sweet By and By" and "Watchman, Tell Us of the Night".

(Chinen) DICK HYMAN AND FRIENDS (Monday) Mr. Hyman, a versatile pianist and a figure much beloved among aficionados of prewar jazz, joins some of the brightest talent to make a splash in that pool: the trumpeter Randy Sandke, the clarinetist Ken Peplowski, the trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, the guitarist Howard Alden, the bassist Jay Leonhart and the drummer Eddie Locke.

(Chinen) KEVIN HAYS TRIO (Friday) Kevin Hays, a thoughtful and versatile pianist, has an engaging new album, "The Dreamer" (ArtistShare), made with the same excellent rhythm section heard here: Doug Weiss on bass and Bill Stewart on drums.

Bill Mays At the close of the 1970s the versatile pianist Bill Mays wrote a classically informed jazz suite at the behest of Bud Shank, a bebop-steeped alto saxophonist then doubling seriously on flute; the resulting composition appeared on an album alongside liberal interpretations of Debussy, Bach and Scriabin.

HELIO ALVES TRIO (Friday and Saturday) Helio Alves, a versatile Brazilian pianist, digs in with the bassist Santi Debriano and the drummer Duduka da Fonseca, partners equally adept at a jazz-samba lilt.

Roland Hanna, a versatile jazz pianist whose deft touch, lush harmonies and encyclopedic knowledge enabled him to fit comfortably in a wide range of musical contexts, died on Wednesday in Hackensack, N.J.

The versatile pianist Donald Berman is known as a champion of feisty upsetters like Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles.