Ray Barretto on congas and Nicky Marrero on timbales sparked the rhythm section, while the two main pianists, Mr. Harlow and Papo Lucca (who was praised by the singer Ismael Quintana in a song), each found ways to lace the percussive dance riffs called montunos with bristling jazz harmonies.
However, a murder occurs during the show in front of Apollo's eyes and they receive the task of defending the main suspect, pianist Machi Tobaye, one of the concert's guest stars.
The main difficulty for pianists in Couperin is an effusion of embellishments, much easier to toss off without overemphasis, let alone clunkiness, on the harpsichord.
"It was a disaster," said Rafael Ithier, the group's musical director, pianist and main arranger.
The Vietnam War plays a central role and so does American jazz, not only thematically — one main character is a pianist who walks away from the chance to play with Miles Davis when he joins the Marines — but stylistically as well, with narrative strains wandering improvisatorily away from the main tale and finding intricate paths that bring them back again.
Film HUNTINGTON Cinema Arts Center "All the Way Through Evening," documentary screening followed by a discussion with the film's main subject, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, pianist.
Feb. 2 at 7 30 p.m. $15 and $20. "All the Way Through Evening," documentary screening followed by a discussion with the film's main subject, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, pianist.
The Schubert Duo Sonata (D. 574), a classical foil to Bloch's neo-Classical expressiveness, is a kind of sweet vocalise that allowed some of the main line to Natalie Zhu, the pianist, a competent, lyrical partner.
Pianists are a main draw at the Watercolor Café in Larchmont, which regularly features at least four, including Ted Rosenthal, a winner of the Thelonius Monk competition and a member of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra.
Doris Healy was a gifted artist and fine pianist but always the main focus of her life was her family.
