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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great "stride style" pi anists who flourished in Harlem in the '20s and '30s. The style - so named be cause the left hand shuttles between low notes and midrange chords in an oompah pattern - draws its riches from ragtime, and it requires a "two-fisted tickler" to make it roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jazz: Still Roaring | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

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