Episode 142: More Jazz Piano, How To Tell One Pianist From Another.

The first 20 minutes of this week’s podcast is dedicated to the piano styles of Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson. I explore similarities and differences, plus a ‘story’ that is told about why one stopped singing and the other stopped playing piano.

The podcast ends with McCoy Tyner and something called ‘quartal voicings’.

In the middle you’ll hear three other pianists who have some commonalities. They are Nina Simone, Don Shirley, and Aaron Diehl.