Blog | Jonathan L. Segal, Pianist

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Parkinson's and piano playing.

I just had a phone conversation with an old friend, an older man who has Parkinson's. He used to do comedy and comedy writing, and he's a...

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I became a better pianist during the pandemic.

Okay, maybe I'd rather have skipped the pandemic and not improved my playing, or better yet, skipped the pandemic and still improved....

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Remembering Chick Corea one year later.

Chick Corea died a year ago today. He and Keith Jarrett were the gods of jazz piano for me. I could probably name 150 plus pianists who...

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Facing Keith Jarrett, by Jonathan L. Segal

In March of 2018, Keith Jarrett disappeared. Keith (Jazzers sometimes call the greats by their first name as a tribute to how intimately...