Chicks of Stride

(7/27/10) So if I had a nice young niece who lived in St. Louis? And she kind of had an Art Tatum thing going on? She might be Stephanie Trick, whom I met in Southern CA a couple of weeks ago. A bass player friend, who loves stride piano as much as I do, pointed me to her website; Steph and I thought it might be fun to meet up, go through some music and decide if we'd like to put a show together for next year. We did, and we are. Photographer Adrian Mendoza was in the area and offered to stop by and snap us two gals together.

News Story on AAJ/Cyndi

(7/25/10) There's a news story on All About Jazz about my performance plans, a follow-up to Carl Hager's interview. Not to nag, but if you like, please click "Recommend!"

My late dad (Leonard Feather) would be so tickled to see the lively sales for Cyndi Lauper's Memphis Blues, released last month. His blues song "How Blue Can You Get?" (a hit for B.B. King) was recorded by Cyndi and Jonny Lang for this CD, which debuted on the Billboard charts at #26, her highest rank on the Billboard 200 since 1987, and is #1 on the Billboard blues charts this week.

Mega-Interview

(7/15/10) Carl L. Hager did a terrific article for All About Jazz about Ages, my other albums, my wacky career up till now, my family history ... Carl interviewed me several times and it's the longest piece anyone has ever done on me, like Playboy Magazine interview length. Many thanks to Carl for his fine prose, kind words and savvy editing of my narcissistic ramblings, haha. If you enjoy the piece, clicking "Recommend" or posting a comment will keep it prominently on the site for longer.