My Left Hand: A Guided Listening Session with Helen Sung

Jazz St. Louis welcomes the amazing pianist Helen Sung for a guided listening session exploring pianists use of their left hand. Helen leads us through the history of jazz from early stride pianists like James P. Johnson to pianists that defined classic recordings of the '50s and '60s and beyond. None of the actual recordings are included in this video for copyright reasons but are linked in a Spotify playlist below so that you may listen along with Helen. This session was originally recorded as part of Jazz St. Louis' virtual residency series and was held in partnership with our friends at Jazz at Lincoln Center (jazz.org).
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0:00 Introduction of Helen
1:46 Helen discusses the piano and her journey and development in jazz.
6:14 James P. Johnson, "Carolina Shout"
8:13 Jelly Roll Morton, "Black Bottom Stomp"
9:52 Earl "Fatha" Hines, Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues"
13:04 Nat King Cole, "Just You, Just Me"
17:03 Count Basie, "One O'Clock Jump"
18:29 Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman's "Honeysuckle Rose"
24:39 Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"
27:29 Bill Evans, Miles Davis' "Stella by Starlight"
30:28 Wynton Kelly, Miles Davis' "Freddie Freeloader"
32:14 Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard's "You're My Everything"
34:25 Mary Lou Williams, Roll 'Em
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