Tom Roberts, Duke Ellington

Pianist and jazz historian Tom Roberts for an evening of music you've probably heard about but have never heard before.

Join Tom Roberts and the Hot Club of Pittsburgh on Zoom to listen to the music of Duke Ellington from his Cotton Club period direct from the original 78s. Come delight in the brilliant creations of the elegant Duke from 1926 through 1946, all preserved within the pristine shellac grooves of these vintage recordings.

Tom says It will be the closest thing to a night at the Cotton Club that you will ever experience.

Pianist/composer/arranger/historian/writer Tom Roberts has been acclaimed as one of the world's foremost practitioners of the art of Harlem Stride Piano. He has been featured at Jazz in July at the 92nd St Y, the Professor Longhair Societyʼs Piano Night at Tipitina's New Orleans, Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and the International Stride Piano Summit in Zurich, Switzerland. He has toured throughout the world as pianist and musical director for Leon Redbone. As a jazz historian, Tom also presents lectures on 'Why Louis Armstrong Matters' and 'The Forgotten History of Pittsburgh Jazz'.