Craigswanson - Pianos + Players

Still around. Still doing it.

thepiano:

I’m pretty obsessed with the 50’s and the music from that time.

This is Toshiko Akiyoshi on piano. One of the few great female jazz artists of the time.

I love the feeling of wax dripping on my hands while I'm playing...

It may simply be the distortion of the camera lens, but this Erard looks like it has a beautifully tall fallboard. The keys look rather plasticky, but I could be wrong about that.

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” [yeah well even with it it's a fuckin disaster]

Friedrich Nietzsche. (via orchideyes)

Shaodii | qraig Another of the old tunes from the old place when I was younger.