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Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor (Scott does play the piano but there is no indication that we hear what he really plays) A piece on the radio, Frederic Chopin's Etude Opus 10 No. 12 Allegro con fuoco, in C Minor. Project Trivia: All animals (dogs and horse) see Sam. Sam can see even when he leaps into a blind man.
- Stevie Wonder
- Ray Charles
- George Shearing
- Art Tatum
- Marcus Roberts
- Ronnie Milsap
- Nobuyuki Tsujii
- Lennie Tristano
- Kuha’o
- Diane Schuur
The first pianist Stevie Wonder needs no introduction and is known for hits like Superstition, Sir Duke and I Just Called to Say I Love You. But the piano wasn’t the obvious career for blind musicianStevie Wonder who was born several weeks premature, resulting in retinopathy of prematurity. Wonder was undaunted by the challenges limited sight posed...
Unlike Stevie Wonder, the next pianist on our list Ray Charleswasn’t born blind instead, he developed problems at age seven due to what doctors now believe to be juvenile glaucoma. But Charles learned to play before glaucoma set in and could still navigate a keyboard and resolved to keep navigating it. Notably, he sang as he played and had an immed...
Next, we have famous jazz pianist Sir George Shearing who was born to a London coal miner in 1919. Despite being born legally blind, this Shearing didn’t see blindness as a limitation, instead, he taught himself music beginning piano lessons at the age of 3. Shearing is probably best-known for his composition Lullaby of Birdlandbut he’s also recogn...
Another blind pianist to mention was Art Tatum who was arguably one of America’s greatest piano virtuosos of all time. Famously, Fats Waller said of Tatum as he entered a club, “I only play the piano, but tonight God is in the house.” Tatum was legally blind, a consequence of infantile cataracts and he was also largely self-taught, starting out pla...
Marcus Robertsis another pianist whose blindness emerged in childhood losing his sight at the age of five. When his parents gifted him a piano, Roberts literally walked into it and was delighted. He spent hours picking out radio melodies by ear and cites fellow blind pianist Stevie Wonder’s I Wish as a memorable example. For years this self-taught ...
Singer and pianist, Ronnie Milsapwas born blind and is best known for his country music. But, despite his difficulties seeing, his more immediate challenge was his mother, who saw his partial sight as punishment from God. So, Milsap grew up raised by his grandparents and began reading braille at age six. Despite his school’s heavily classical music...
Nobuyuki Tsujii is yet another famous pianist to be born blind. Tsujii began playing piano by ear when he was two years old and by the time he was seven, he started reading braille music. A composer and a pianist, Tsujii won the gold medal in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition jointly with another competitor debuting his first piece in...
Blind jazz pianist Lennie Tristano first made himself known as an accomplished player of cool jazz. Although Tristano’s eyesight was never perfect, he wasn’t born blind. Instead, his sight deteriorated throughout his childhood because of exposure to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. This didn’t stop Tristano from studying music at the American Conserv...
Kuha’o Caseis the youngest blind pianist to be catapulted to fame on this list. After discovering a love of music, the Hawaiian-born musician taught himself piano and organ. Kuha’o’s name translates to ‘extraordinary gift,’ and it feels especially apt that his child prodigy learned the piano despite his blindness. He has the remarkable ability to r...
Andy lastly, we have Diane Schuur who shares her partial sight condition, retinopathy of prematurity, with fellow famous blind pianist, Stevie Wonder. And like the other piano players on this list, blindness didn’t deter Schuur from pursuing her career. Instead, she began learning piano while attending the Washington School from the Blind. Her care...
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'I see' said the blind man to his deaf and dumb daughter. as he picked up his hammer and saw. "I see", said the blind boy, to his elderly deaf daughter, over the broken telephone. "I see", said the blind man to his deaf wife as their dog with no legs got up and ran away. He pissed in the wind and said "It all comes back to me now."
Freddy Rumsen at his best.
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Mar 14, 2015 · For Derek, a freelance musician and composer, is musical associate on the popular ATV Muppets Show. He also plays the piano for the character of Rowlf, the canine pianist. Apart from fringe benefits of getting Muppets T-shirts for his children and an exclusive Kermit tie for himself, his association with the cult comedy show has raised his ...
Oct 15, 2024 · 0:00 0:03:27. Direct link. Takosangba Pongen could see until he was 14 years old. He has been blind for the 13 years since. But, nobody would know that by watching Pongen perform on the piano ...
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Oct 16, 2023 · 3. Art Tatum (1909-1956) - The Blind Piano Virtuoso. Hailed among the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Art Tatum expanded the horizons of jazz piano despite near-total visual disability. From a young age in Toledo, Ohio, Tatum absorbed music voraciously and taught himself to play by listening to records.
