On this album Johnson shows his considerable command of stride piano and his ability to work with a group.

They will be studying everything from bebop to stride piano and all the rest of the music's history.

This is stride piano with an abrasive modern edge.

At the keyboard, Mr. Short refined his own personal brand of stride piano.

"But Judy has a devotion to get at the roots of stride piano, and she's always been very persistent with it."

Ragtime also served as the roots for stride piano, a more improvisational piano style popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

He spent his time up in Harlem, where he could hear jazz and listen to the masters of stride piano.

Fats Waller was Wyeth's greatest influence, leading him to learn stride piano and music theory.

Though also often highly syncopated, it is distinct from stride piano, which was developed in New York at about the same time.

He fell in love with stride piano at 9 when he first heard Fats Waller, a master of the style, on the radio.