Released in memory of pianist/composer Michel Petrucciani, So What presents a comprehensive introduction and carefully constructed homage to Petrucciani’s many musical sides. Afflicted with ...

The jazz artist suffered from a condition that rendered his bones brittle and his stature three feet tall. But in the '80s and '90s, he still... Michel Petrucciani was the first important jazz pianist ...

English helmer Michael Radford ("Il Postino") returns to almost-divine music and his nonfiction roots with "Michel Petrucciani," which chronicles the short but intense life of the late, great French ...

Born with the genetic disease osteogenesis imperfecta, he only stood at three feet. But with hands unaffected by his disease and an extraordinary talent, Michel Petrucciani is one of the greatest ...

During the last few decades, the paths of influence in jazz have become increasingly circumscribed. Most tenor saxophonists stem more or less directly from John Coltrane, with a slight leavening of ...

Doc about the French jazz pianist is a clear-eyed, non-judgmental portrait of an artist as a permanent young man. By Kirk Honeycutt Michel Petrucciani Cannes Film Review For Petrucciani was born in ...

<!-- missing image http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/blog-spacer.jpg -->In the summer of 1981, I went to Paris on vacation. I squeezed in ...

In this program from 1987, Petrucciani, then 23, performs his own tune, "The Prayer," and host Marian McPartland joins him on "My Funny Valentine." Michel Petrucciani On Piano Jazz Michel Petrucciani ...

Michel Petrucciani was the first important jazz pianist I ever saw live. In retrospect, it's hard to believe that he would make it to Guéret, my tiny hometown in the middle of France. But in 1992, on ...

Bill Evans wrote in the liner notes for his Grammy Award-winning album Alone that "to understand music most profoundly one only has to be listening well." If you listen to an Evans album and follow it ...

In the summer of 1981, I went to Paris on vacation. I squeezed in a few visits to record labels as part of my job as KCRW’s Music Director. The station was known in Paris and other French cities ...