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Betty Liste
Betty Liste is an American jazz pianist. She performs regularly in New York and New Jersey, and has worked with jazz musicians such as Ted Curson (who is on her first recording) and Richie Cole and jazz vocalist Bill Robinson. Liste's style falls into the modern mainstream of jazz. Early years Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Liste studied as a youth with jazz pianist Kenny Barron. She made her professional debut performing at Gulliver's and Three Sisters in New Jersey in 1978. The following year she began playing in small Greenwich Village clubs and has since become a consistent performer in both the New York and New Jersey jazz scenes. Career In 2012, she performs regularly at the Stony Hill Inn and at Trumpet's Jazz Club in New Jersey, leading a vocal jam session at the latter. In addition to performing, Liste taught jazz piano, ear training and functional piano at Montclair State University for eight years. She also started a children's piano program at Montclair and has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Pianist
Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities. For this reason it is an important tool of jazz musicians and composers for teaching and learning jazz theory and set arrangement, regardless of their main instrument. By extension the phrase 'jazz piano' can refer to similar techniques on any keyboard instrument. Along with the guitar, vibraphone, and other keyboard instruments, the piano is one of the instruments in a jazz combo that can play both single notes and chords rather than only single notes as does the saxophone or trumpet. Beginning A new style known as “stride” or “Harlem stride” emerged during the 1920s, predominantly in New York. James P. Johnson was a prominent adherent. The left hand was used to establish rhythm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
