Word: pianist
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...film festival triggers a renewal of faith in film. Optimism surges with the spring; hope springs vernal. This is where the seeds are planted in a garden of film that will bloom for the rest of the year. This is where Pulp Fiction, L.A. Confidential, The Pianist, Mystic River, Fahrenheit 9/11 and many other Oscar winners were first seen. Film is our religion, and Cannes marks the beginning of our liturgical calendar...
...DIED. JOHNNIE JOHNSON, 80, boogie-woogie early rock-'n'-roll pianist who gave Chuck Berry his first break in his then-popular trio, and later as Berry's bandmate and co-writer, shaped the rock legend's inventive sound; in St. Louis. Johnson, for whom Berry wrote Johnny B. Goode, played on such tunes as Maybelline, Rock and Roll Music, and Roll over Beethoven. He later backed Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and in 2001 was introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
...electric bass represents the bestial Caliban (Mezzo Ann Howard), and his drunken revels with Trinculo and Stephano are celebrated with some exquisitely low-down jazzrock that closes the first act in a brilliant theatrical burst. (Eaton, 50, a professor of composition at Indiana University, was a successful jazz pianist in his younger days...
Died. Johnnie Johnson, 80, thumping boogie-woogie blues and early rock-'n'-roll pianist who on New Year's Eve 1952 gave Chuck Berry his first break, in Johnson's popular trio, and later, as Berry's bandmate and co-writer, shaped the rock legend's inventive sound; in St. Louis, Mo. Johnson, for whom Berry wrote Johnny B. Goode, slammed the keys on such tunes as Maybellene, Rock & Roll Music and Roll Over Beethoven. Johnson later backed John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and in 2001 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
Marsalis and the three members of his band, pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts, will play heartrending ballads from their most recent CD, “Eternal...