Ivory Icing. Earl Hines' Piano Varieties.

Language: English

Published by New York, Harms Inc. c., 1950

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(Original, printed score). Quarto. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear. Small tear to lower and slight tear to upper spine. Tear on title page. Includes the following: Embraceable You by George Gershwin / Lover Come Back To Me by Sigmund Romberg / I Know That You Know by Vincent Youmans / Somebody Loves Me by George Gershwin / Hour of Parting, The (Boogie Woogie) by Mischa Spoliansky / Get Happy by Harold Arlen / Jelly Jelly Blues by Billy Eckstein and Earl Hines / Ev'rything Depends On You by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines / When Day Is Done by Robert Katcher / Tantalizing A Cuban by Earl Hines. "Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl 'Fatha' Hines (December 28, 1903 April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one major source, is 'one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz'. The trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (a member of Hines's big band, along with Charlie Parker) wrote, 'The piano is the basis of modern harmony. This little guy came out of Chicago, Earl Hines. He changed the style of the piano. You can find the roots of Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, all the guys who came after that. If it hadn't been for Earl Hines blazing the path for the next generation to come, it's no telling where or how they would be playing now. There were individual variations but the style of . the modern piano came from Earl Hines.' The pianist Lennie Tristano said, 'Earl Hines is the only one of us capable of creating real jazz and real swing when playing all alone.' Horace Silver said, 'He has a completely unique style. No one can get that sound, no other pianist'. Erroll Garner said, 'When you talk about greatness, you talk about Art Tatum and Earl Hines'. Count Basie said that Hines was 'the greatest piano player in the world'." (Wikipedia). …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Ivory Icing. Earl Hines' Piano Varieties.
Author
Hines, Earl / Gerschwin, George / Romberg, Sigmud / and others.
Publisher
New York, Harms Inc. c.
Publication year
1950
Condition
Gut
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Item weight
1,200 grams
Seller catalogs
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