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Frank Owens on the Upper Terrace at Bryant Park (Site)

Thursday August 31, 2023, 12:30 pm - Monday September 4, 2023, 2:30 pm

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An event every day that begins at 12:30 pm, repeating until Friday September 1, 2023

Free
Frank Owens on the Upper Terrace at Bryant Park (Site)

Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple’s finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians sprinkled throughout the schedule.

Frank Owens | ArtistInfo

Frank Owens

Frank Owens – Pianist, Arranger, Musical Director, Producer & Composer
His career spans across genres of the music spectrum. A true professional and quite often dubbed as “the perfectionist,” Frank Owens is an authority on Erroll Garner, and the late Eubie Blake, with whom he briefly studied. His first gig included playing piano for Amateur Night at the Apollo, in Harlem. If Frank Owens played for you as a singer in those days, you were sure to win that night…or at the very least, you would be asked to return the following week. Eventually, in the 90s, Frank served as Musical Director for the televised version of “Showtime at the Apollo.” A virtuoso pianist, trained in the European classics, he can shift gears at a moment’s notice to paint a Brazilian or Japanese landscape.

Details

Start:
Thursday August 31, 2023, 12:30 pm
End:
Monday September 4, 2023, 2:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://bryantpark.org/activities/piano

Venue

Bryant Park, Upper Terrace
36 W 40th St
New York, NY 10018 United States
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Website:
http://www.bryantpark.org