Handful of keys
Subtitle: conversations with thirty jazz pianists
By: Alyn Shipton.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Jazz musicians -- Interviews; Jazz musicians -- Biography; Pianists -- Interviews; Pianists -- Biography
Genres: Interviews.; Biography.
Description: Pianists occupy a unique place in the story of jazz. Above all, piano jazz is about the individuals who have made their own contributions to the style. In this collection, Alyn Shipton draws together conversations with many of the key practitioners, spanning the period from the birth of bebop to the present. --From book jacket.
Notes: Includes index.

Discography: p. 177-182.
Table of contents: title: Carla Bley; title: JoAnne Brackeen; title: Dave Brubeck; title: Uri Caine; title: Alice Coltrane; title: Chick Corea; title: Sylvie Courvoisier; title: Tommy Flanagan; title: Michael Garrick; title: Benny Green; title: Herbie Hancock; title: Andrew Hill; title: Abdullah Ibrahim; title: Keith Jarrett; title: Brian Kellock; title: Diana Krall; title: John Lewis; title: Jacques Loussier; title: Junior Mance; title: Marian McPartland; title: Oscar Peterson; title: Michel Petrucciani; title: Horace Silver; title: Esbjörn Svensson; title: Billy Taylor; title: John Taylor; title: Butch Thompson; title: Sir Charles Thompson; title: Mal Waldron; title: Gerald Wiggins.