Stephanie Trick
Stephanie Trick | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument(s) | piano, pipe organ[1] |
Stephanie Trick (born 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American stride, ragtime and jazz pianist.
Biography
Trick began playing piano at the age of five.[2] Her interest outside of classical music began at the age of ten, when her piano teacher introduced her to ragtime.[3] She received her BA degree in music with honors from the University of Chicago in 2009.[2] Trick demonstrates piano performance and composition styles of stride, ragtime and jazz piano from the 1900s to the 1940s.[4] She emphasizes jazz standards, stride and boogie-woogie tunes with an accent on her specialty of Harlem stride.[5] [6] Trick and her husband, pianist Paolo Alderighi, reside in both St. Louis and Milan, Italy, his home town.
Discography
- Piano Tricks (2005)
- Ragtime Tricks (2006)
- Hear That Rhythm! (2008)
- Stephanie Trick LIVE (2010)
- Something More (2011) - with Danny Coots (drums) and Jay Hungerford (bass)
- Two For One (2012) - with Paolo Alderighi (piano)
- Fourteen (2012) - with Lorraine Feather (vocal)
- Sentimental Journey (2014) - with Paolo Alderighi (piano)
References
- ^ Bach Prelude and Fugue (A Min.) on Rockefeller Chapel Organ on Stephanie Trick's YouTube Channel
- ^ a b Biography. Retrieved from http://stephanietrick.com/biography.htm.
- ^ Bio at West Coast Ragtime Society website. Retrieved from http://www.westcoastragtime.com/bios/bio_trick_09.htm
- ^ Peters, Bill (April 16, 2010). "Great Strides at the Piano: Stephanie Trick re-ignites interest in Ragtime, Stride and Jazz Piano". Peter's Music News.
- ^ Wolff, Don (May 11, 2010). "Interview and Classic Jazz with Stephanie Trick". DonWolff.com.
- ^ "la jeune "polyvalente" du Harlem stride" (the Harlem stride young versatile), in 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p. 267. ISBN 978 2 3505 5192 0