Sentence examples for strong pianist from inspiring English sources

Earlier he had struggled to find the right chemistry with another strong pianist, Dave Burrell.

Japan and Vienna: the two are a natural mix in the Perspectives series assembled by the strong pianist Mitsuko Uchida.

Mr. Childs, a strong pianist in the Herbie Hancock mold, overindulged his affinity for rolling chord arpeggios played with tremulous sustain.

The orchestra played with appropriate grit and soul, and Yefim Bronfman was predictably a strong pianist in the concerto, though his fingering and pedaling turned murky at times, especially at the outset.

A strong mainstream pianist with a dominant Oscar Peterson influence, Benny Green is keeping the glories of mid-century jazz at the surface of his music; he'll play this weekend with Ray Drummond on bass and Rodney Green on drums.

But Schatz's vision for the game and its music ("he said, 'old-timey early-20th century ragtime solo piano") appealed to the composer, who despite claiming to be not so strong a pianist, used to substitute every now and then for his piano instructor playing piano-bar tunes in hotels and the like.

The festival was particularly strong on pianists.

This is by no means a definitive New Orleans collection; it's strong on pianists (with one CD of solos) and older R&B singers, adequate on brass bands, stretched thin on funk.

Mr. Evans is a strong young jazz pianist from Philadelphia, steeped in Thelonious Monk's sly repetition and between-the-cracks rhythmic weight but with up-to-date ideas about arranging for small groups.

A pianist of strong opinions.

He gets a strong assist from the pianist Anthony Coleman, the guitarist Doug Wamble and the bassist Sean Conly.