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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 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Museum of Asian Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Photography 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Composers (Musicians) 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 9 Filter by term Exclude term
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Pianos 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Soul (Music) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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Ain't That a Shame

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

The Piano

Joyce Bryant

Duet #3

Jaki Byard, 1978

John Coltrane

Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano

Professor Longhair, 1973

Barry Harris, 1976

Jerry At The Piano

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

Photograph of a piano player

Lavender Piano

Final Study for "Piano Keys"

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

A Portrait

Unidentified figure (boxer) singing at piano

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

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

Woman at the Piano

Cynthia Hoover

James Merrill

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Roy Meriwether, 1992

George Gershwin at Piano

Oscar Peterson, 1975

Charles Brown, 1995

Ray Bryant, 1979

McCoy Tyner, 1990

Stevie Wonder in concert at the Constitution Hall, Washington D.C.

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