Earl Hines. Plays the piano and sings at a concert, Copenhagen, 1966

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Earl Hines plays the piano and sings at a concert, Copenhagen, 1966.

Earl Hines (by name Earl Kenneth Hines) also known as Earl “Fatha“Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz". Hines met Louis Armstrong in the poolroom of the Black Musicians' Union, local 208, on State and 39th in Chicago. Hines was 21, Armstrong 24. They played the union's piano together. Armstrong was astounded by Hines's avant-garde trumpet-style piano playing, often using dazzlingly fast octaves so that on none-too-perfect upright pianos and with no amplification they could hear me out front.

b. December 28, 1903 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania
d. April 22, 1983 in Oakland, California.

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