P>Stride piano was once the rage with such giants as James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Duke Ellington and reaching its zenith in the hands of Fats Waller. Perhaps the best known proponents of ...

Stride piano, according to Judy Carmichael, has been at the heart of all jazz piano playing since the 1920s. Her Sunday afternoon appearance in Albright-Knox Art Gallery was a reminder of how vital ...