As the 1940’s were coming to an end, Jazz musicians were starting to rebel against the nervous energy and tension of bebop which was led by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and others. This led the 1950’s in jazz to be a bit schizophrenic as it was bouncing back and forth from the popularity of cool jazz from the west coast to the hard bop of New York City. All along the musicians of the era, if they wanted to work and eat had to be versed in all of it and no instrument had to this more than the piano players who provided both the rhythmic and melodic foundation for much of the music coming out of this era. As a result, during the 1950’s you saw an abundance of amazing piano players providing the backbone of some of the best albums of this decade. Well on today’s show we are going to shine a light on some of these stellar piano players of this era as we discuss our favorite piano-led albums of the 1950’s. Special Guest - Minta Spencer is a classically trained harpist and pianist living in Los Angeles, CA. She has a trio with bassist Brian Duke Song and drummer Taylor Kennedy and they play a mix of hip hop, 80s, funk and jazz. She also creates harp samples for hip hop tracks with recent projects and collaborations with Mathematics Wu, Vice Beats, and she just finished a remix for Chali 2na. We came to know about her through Instagram where she frequently posts the most amazing videos where she plays Hip-Hop, Jazz, R&B, and Rock all on the Harp which you don’t see very often. Please please check her out at @laharpista on Instagram Spotify Playlist “Favorite Piano-led Jazz Albums of the 1950s” Link - https://spoti.fi/3xg5TOy www.rightfiction.com
Spotify Playlist “Favorite Piano-led Jazz Albums of the 1950s” Link -