For more than a decade, in close association with a contemporary of similar background, the pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, he had circled classical Indian music with cautious respect, reluctant to exploit a tradition about which he knew little.
Thanks to an ensemble of MIT students with music and engineering backgrounds, a pianist whose staff job is planning Institute concerts, and a saxophone-playing engineering instructor, "Kendall Band," the interactive sound sculpture beloved by commuters at the Kendall 'T' stop, will play again.
My dad used to write music for them and even appeared in the background as a pianist in a few.
"With Paul, there was always that ground rhythm, that ancient jazz beat lurking in the background," said the pianist Ethan Iverson, one of the younger bandleaders who played with and learned from him toward the end.
Correction: December 10 , 2003 Wednesday A report in the Arts Briefing column on Monday about a new jazz series at Merkin Concert Hall in Manhattan included an erroneous reference from the hall to the educational background of the pianist Andrew Hill.
Berger's background as a pianist is evident in this respect, and more explicitly in his story "The Search for Mata Hari," in which he plays a benefit concert for the community of La Paz and searches for the lost melodies of a local maestro.
Find someone who will inspire you, whom has a good background in producing pianists at and beyond the level you aspire to, and whom you like!
THE BAR Quiet on weeknights, stylishly buzzing on the weekends, with a pianist providing background music.
After her death he learned about her life, including her background as a concert pianist.
Then, in the crazed scherzolike middle section, Mr. Gerstein dashed off the spiraling, hyper-fast runs with a fluidity that attested to his background as a jazz pianist.
