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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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Vladimir Horowitz

Elton John

Duke Ellington

Van Cliburn

George Gershwin Self-Portrait

Leon Fleisher in performance with the Syracuse Symphony

Ray Charles

Thelonious Monk

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Keith Jarrett

Lux Lewis

Marc Blitzstein

Duke Ellington

Nat "King" Cole

Thelonious Monk

Nat King Cole

Sammy Cahn (with Jimmy Van Heusen)

Liberace

Willie "the Lion" Smith

Irving Berlin

Mary Lou Williams

Ray Charles

Fats Waller

Vladimir Horowitz

Fats Domino

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Bud Powell

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