Host Dominick Farinacci with Guests Ethan Iverson, Aaron Diehl, Sullivan Fortner and Mathis Picard at Songbook Watch Party

Created and hosted by “trumpeter of abundant poise” (NYT) Dominick Farinacci, Songbook Watch Party is a weekly interactive experience bringing artists and audiences together in an intimate setting for conversation & music.

CJF is excited to co-present an upcoming watch party dedicated to James P. Johnson’s quintessential masterpiece of stride piano, Carolina Shout.

In Johnson’s time, piano cutting contests were proving grounds—most often in Harlem apartments—where competing pianists could strut their stuff. For this premiere collaboration, four top pianists of today will test their hands in a modern-day channeling of the classic cutting contests—Ethan Iverson, Aaron Diehl, Sullivan Fortner and Mathis Picard....

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Created and hosted by “trumpeter of abundant poise” (NYT) Dominick Farinacci, Songbook Watch Party is a weekly interactive experience bringing artists and audiences together in an intimate setting for conversation & music.

CJF is excited to co-present an upcoming watch party dedicated to James P. Johnson’s quintessential masterpiece of stride piano, Carolina Shout.

In Johnson’s time, piano cutting contests were proving grounds—most often in Harlem apartments—where competing pianists could strut their stuff. For this premiere collaboration, four top pianists of today will test their hands in a modern-day channeling of the classic cutting contests—Ethan Iverson, Aaron Diehl, Sullivan Fortner and Mathis Picard.

Audiences will have the chance to talk with and get to know each artist, and then enjoy a feature performance created especially for Songbook Watch Party.

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