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History of the Jazz Piano

Some say that in order to truly understand music, as a musician you must learn the piano. Musically one's mind is said to never reach its possibilities without knowing how to play the piano. (It is said to be the one instrument that opens your entire musical mind.) Since I already play the piano the one thing I have always wanted to know was the history of it, particularly the jazz piano. In order to find the history of the jazz piano you must first look at the genres, artist, and innovators that came before the jazz era. As my grandmother says "You can't know where you are going unless you know where you came from"
Before the arrival of the radio or television the piano was a major form of home entertainment. During this era ragtime, the immediate predecessor of jazz, was played on a regular basis. One person who revolutionized Rag was Scott Joplin. His most famous works are "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag" which are still heard today from......

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