Earl Hines

Music Review | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Jam Band’s Playful Signature in Earnest Jazz Notes 07/20/2009

Once called "the first modern jazz pianist," Earl Hines differed from the stride pianists of the 1920s by breaking up the stride rhythms with unusual accents from his left hand. While his right hand often played octaves so as to ring clearly over ensembles, Hines had the trickiest left hand in the business, often suspending time recklessly but without ever losing the beat. One of the all-time ...more