Tagged: Piano

12:30pm

Mon October 29, 2012
KPLU Studio Sessions

Bill Charlap solo piano: Tradition, invention and wit

Credit Justin Steyer / KPLU

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It’s no wonder that pianist, Bill Charlap, loves the music that has come to be called The Great American Songbook—the songs of great Tin Pan Alley composers such as Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin.  

He grew up with it. 

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