Keyboard Collection (page 9)

Kris Bowers, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Kris Bowers, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 2014

Diana Krall, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1998. Artist: Brian O Connor
Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1998. Krall is known for her contralto vocals. In 2003, she married British musician, Elvis Costello

Ian Ballantine, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Surrey, 2008. Artist: Brian O Connor
Ian Ballantine, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Surrey, 2008. Ian Ballantine is considered one of the finest jazz vibraphone players in the world

Gareth Williams, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2009. Artist: Brian O Connor
Gareth Williams, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2009

Gareth Williams, Jazz Hastings, East Sussex, 2009. Artist: Brian O Connor
Gareth Williams, Jazz Hastings, East Sussex, 2009

Jason Rebello, Tenor Clef, 1991. Artist: Brian O Connor
Jason Rebello, Tenor Clef, 1991

Dorian Ford, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex. Artist: Brian O Connor
Dorian Ford, jazz composer and pianist, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex

Joey Calderazzo, American pianist, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde, East Sussex
Joey Calderazzo, American jazz pianist, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde, East Sussex

Joey Calderazzo, American Jazz Pianist, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde, East Sussex
Joey Calderazzo, American jazz pianist, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde, East Sussex

Pianist Veryan Weston playing at Bracknell, Berkshire, 1983. Artist: Denis Williams
Pianist Veryan Weston playing at Bracknell, Berkshire, 1983

Pianist Brian Dees hands at work, Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park, London, 1989

American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson, London, 1985. Artist: Denis Williams
American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson, London, 1985

American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson playing the piano, London, 1985. Artist
American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson playing the piano, London, 1985

Michael Garrick on the piano at The Stables, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire

Colin Bates on the piano at The Stables, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire

Ron Lohn playing the electronic organ at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 22 February 1981

Michael Garrick playing the piano at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 28 October 1980

Stan Tracey playing the piano at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 2 February 1986

German electronic musician Klaus Schulze at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1983
German electronic musician Klaus Schulze in concert at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 22 April 1983

Rick Wakeman performing at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 6 October 1987

Dave Brubeck performing with his quartet at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1983
Dave Brubeck performing with his quartet at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 10 April 1983

Len Skeat (bass) and Bobby Tucker (piano) playing at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 12 June 1980. Tucker was previously Billie Holidays piano player

Nat Pierce at the piano, London, 1984. Artist: Denis Williams
Nat Pierce at the piano, London, 1984

The Kate Williams Quartet playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 20 April 2003: Jeremy Brown (bass), Kate Williams (piano), Julian Siegel (tenor saxophone)

Pianist Kate Williams playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 20 April 2003

The Geoff Simkins Quartet playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 2002
The Geoff Simkins Quartet playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 3 November 2002. Nikki Iles (piano) and Ralph Salmins (drums)

Pianist Leon Greening playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 8 June 2003

John Pearce and John Day playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 2003
John Pearce (piano) and John Day (bass) playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 30 March 2003

The Jonathan Gee Trio in concert at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 7 February 1999. Gee on piano, Steve Rose on bass and Winston Clifford on drums

Richard Busiackiewicz and Leon Clayton at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertrordshire, 2000
Richard Busiackiewicz (piano) and Leon Clayton (bass) playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 23 April 2000

Saxophone and piano, The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 7 May 2000. Artist
Saxophone and piano, The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 7 May 2000. The saxophone of Bob Martin

Geoff Eales playing the piano at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 11 March 2001

Phil Brown, Roger Lewin and Sarah Jane Hassell, Hawth Crawley, West Sussex, Oct 2015

Canadian pianist Renee Rosnes playing at the Hertfordshire Jazz Festival, St Albans, 1993
Renee Rosnes, pianist with the J J Johnson Quintet, playing at the Hertfordshire Jazz Festival, St Albans Arena, 4 May 1993

Roland Hanna and Peter Ind, 1980. Artist: Denis Williams
Roland Hanna (piano) and Peter Ind (double bass), 1980

Roland Hanna at the piano, 1980. Artist: Denis Williams
Roland Hanna at the piano, 1980

Roland Hanna playing the piano, 1980. Artist: Denis Williams
Roland Hanna playing the piano, 1980

Roland Hanna playing the piano before an appreciative audience, 1980

A monotype keyboard at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist
A monotype keyboard at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. The monotype operators keystrokes caused a reel of paper to be perforated with a series of holes unique to each

Monotype keyboards in operation at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The Monotype operators keystrokes caused a reel of paper to be perforated with a series of holes unique to

Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer, 1886 (1951). A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making, text by DC Somervell, Odhams press Limited, London, 1951

Woman Operator on Monotype Keyboard, 1917. From The British Printer Vol. XXX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd. London and Leicester, 1917]

Arthur Cecil, British actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud
Arthur Cecil, British actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager 1887. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume IX, January to June, 1887, Carson & Comerford, London, 1887

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer and organist, c1870. Artist: W Steelink
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer and organist, c1870. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870)

Advertisement for Brinsmead pianos, 1899. A print from the Ladys Pictorial, Christmas number, 1899

The Queen of Romania playing the organ, 1904. Elizabeth of Wied (1843-1916) was Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, who she married in 1869. A print from The Girls Own Annual, 19th November 1904

Organ with a single keyboard, 14th century, (1870). A wood engraving after a miniature in a Latin psalter from the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Great organ with bellows and double keyboard, 12th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

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