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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 36 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 22 Filter by term Exclude term
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Sheet music 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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African Americans 37 Filter by term Exclude term

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 36 Filter by term Exclude term
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The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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Photography 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 22 Filter by term Exclude term

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

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

Barry Harris, 1976

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

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

Ray Charles

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

Unidentified figure (boxer) singing at piano

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

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

Beverly Plays the Blues

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Keith Jarrett

Cynthia Hoover

Lux Lewis

Marc Blitzstein

Duke Ellington

Igor Stravinsky

Elliott Carter

James Merrill

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Nat "King" Cole

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

Sammy Cahn (with Jimmy Van Heusen)

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