NPR Jazz: Jacky Terrasson On Piano Jazz |  |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2016 12:09 PM PDT
Back in 1995, the young pianist demonstrated extraordinary talent on standards.
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Pianist Jacky Terrasson was born in Berlin and raised in Paris. After moving to the U.S., he studied at Berklee College of Music and won the 1993 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. He has toured internationally and collaborated with greats such as Ray Brown, Cassandra Wilson and Ry Cooder.
When he was first emerging to wider attention, Terrasson demonstrated his extraordinary talents in this 1995 Piano Jazz session, playing standards like "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and "Oleo."
Originally broadcast Winter 1995.
SET LIST
"In Your Own Sweet Way" (Brubeck)
"Oleo" (Rollins)
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke)
"All The Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein)
"Stranger In A Dream" (McPartland)
"Well You Needn't" (Monk)
"Lost" (Terrasson)
"Close Enough For Love" (Mandel, Williams)
"The Song Is You" (Kern)
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