New Releases from Eldar - Download a Free Track!
Apr 10 2013 3:45PM
Pianist Eldar Djangirov first gained attention at age 10 after moving from Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. and shocking audiences with his virtuosic performances. More than 15 years later and with the release of two albums coming up - a More...
Fred Hersch
Jan 18 2013 7:01PM
On Success, Survival, and the Search for a Singular Sound   by Jon Regen   “I feel like this particular set is my best trio work to date,” says jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch, referring to his new double album Alive at More...
New Keyboard Talent To Watch in 2013
Jan 18 2013 7:00PM
Six of the Best New Keyboard Artists Across Multiple Genres     It’s a question we get all the time: What up-and-coming artists are inspiring the next generation of players and putting keyboards and electronic More...
Jimmy and Joey's excellent adventure
Feb 1 2005 12:00AM
It’s the kind of thing any gathering of fans — whether music fans or sports — daydreams about after a few rounds: What if the godfather of the whole game shared the limelight with the young lion who’s taken it to a new level? And More...
Marian Petrescu - Extended Interview
Oct 20 2011 12:00AM
by Robbie Gennet   In the first of a series of extended interviews with today's brightest keyboard stars, we sat down at the piano for a talk with Romanian jazz piano phenomenon Marian Petrescu. Though his style has been More...
Eldar
Sep 1 2009 5:37PM
The Young Lion on the Virtue of Blazing JazzTrouble seeing Eldar's videos below? Click here.  “There is a certain kind of freedom in playing solo piano,” the progressive jazz pianist Eldar tells me just minutes after finishing a More...

Which players influenced your keyboard playing the most?
 Prog rockers like Keith Emerson and RIck Wakeman
 Hammond organists such as Jimmy Smith, Booker T, and Jack McDuff
 Synth pop masters like Vince Clarke and Nick Rhodes
 Psychedelic rockers like Ray Manzarek of the Doors
 Rock piano songwriters like Elton John and Billy Joel
 Jazz pianists like Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett
 Classical pianists like Van Cliburn and Vladimir Horowitz
 None of the above

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