On any given day, pianos are arriving at Grand Design Piano Restoration; the sound of music is emanating from Cagle & Company's dance and theater workshops; and customers are emerging from Pottery on Hudson with their ceramic creations.
Listening to Beethoven on a present-day piano is, Brendel thinks, like "listening to a sort of transcription".
Another jazz-world texture – specifically, what Riley describes as the "gently swinging, kind of optimistic" feel of ragtime – also figures in his string quartet works, as well as his latter-day piano improvisations.
Tuesday features his trio and the vibraphonist Steve Nelson; Wednesday and Thursday, piano duos with Kenny Barron; Friday and Saturday, his trio, Mr. Nelson and the saxophonist Joe Lovano; and on Sunday, his larger group, the six-piece band called Wingspan.
Speaking to the Guardian on Monday, Piano said it was critical for Italy to strengthen laws on making structures earthquake resistant and ensure public and private buildings were safe.
She takes dance on Tuesday, piano in our home on Wednesday and tennis on Thursday.
Jazz-blues group plays in the lounge on Thursday and Friday nights; piano on Saturday.
11 15 p.m. Tuesday, Pianos, 158 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side; (212) 505-3733; with Rain Machine (10 30) and Akua (9 45); $8. 8 p.m. Friday, the Rock Shop, 249 Fourth Avenue, Park Slope,Brooklyn (718) 230-5740; with Doug Keith and the Hoof & the Heel opening; $10 in advance, $12 Friday.
(Anderson) Fitz and the Tantrums (Sunday) Piano-tinkling Motown soul gets an infusion of Bowie-esque hauteur from the singer Michael Fitzpatrick, who spars with the vocalist Noelle Scaggs in this vivacious ensemble from Los Angeles.
(Anderson) Fitz and the Tantrums (Tuesday) Piano-tinkling Motown soul gets an infusion of Bowie-esque hauteur from the singer Michael Fitzpatrick, who spars with the vocalist Noelle Scaggs, in this vivacious ensemble from Los Angeles.
