This guy started playing piano at the age of 3. This is such a complicated, amazing musician. This is the only guy that Miles Davis said, 'That guy can play!' Keenan praised Ahmad Jamal's exceptional musicianship and technical proficiency, emphasizing the pianist's influence and recognition from jazz legend Miles Davis.
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we're sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff's favorite new music.
Record store owner Chris Guttmacher grew up on music, but not the kind that predominates in his colorful shop, The Plastic Pancake, which opened in September on Valencia Street. "My parents were both classical musicians," he said. "It sort of ruined it for me." They weren't performers - his father was a psychiatrist and his mother worked at home - but the 59-year-old small business owner got sick of the classical music they constantly played in their home in Brookline, MA.
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we're sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff's favorite new music.
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