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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture 38 Filter by term Exclude term
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Music 45 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 41 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 37 Filter by term Exclude term
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Men 36 Filter by term Exclude term
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Ain't That a Shame

Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969

Vladimir Horowitz

The Piano

Joyce Bryant

Jaki Byard, 1978

Film still of Una Mae Carlisle on the set of “I Like It ‘Cause I Love It”

John Coltrane

Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano

Professor Longhair, 1973

Elton John

Barry Harris, 1976

The Spinet

Aaron Copland

Ray Charles - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

The Parmly Sisters

Film still of a group of people gathered around a piano

Indoor Portrait of Two Women and a Boy Standing at the Piano

At the Piano

Photograph of a piano player

Duke Ellington

Improvisation

Van Cliburn

Day Dreams

George Gershwin Self-Portrait

Leon Fleisher in performance with the Syracuse Symphony

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

A Portrait

Thelonious Monk

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano

Indoor Photo of a Man and Woman Facing each other and both are Playing the Piano

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Keith Jarrett

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