About Art

Art Terry is from Los Angeles, California. He specialises in cocktail jazz stylings. He is the resident pianist at Hixter Bankside.

Singing pianist

London

Art Terry is from Hollywood, California, and had his musical upbringing at the First AME gospel church in Santa Monica and round the piano in his family home. He studied jazz composition in college with a focus on cocktail piano stylings. He is also a singer-songwriter, and is currently performing a personal folk/funk take on the American Songbook, a pained but loving tribute to the country he left 35 years ago. He is the keyboardist for the artist Stew, whose musical Passing Strange, about his and Art’s youthful travels in Europe, won a Tony award and was filmed by Spike Lee. Art has performed on numerous stages in Europe and the US, from the Latitude Festival here in the UK to the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC.

Art's Reviews

Art Terry's playing is terrific

For well over a decade now Art Terry has been an irrepressibly original and dynamic presence on the British music scene. The wily Californian has drawn from a deep well of Black music to wade into fresh waters that drown all stereotypes on the blues, gospel, soul, funk and rock. Terry has proved himself true to the title of his first album Anutha Kinda Brotha by making music that has a vivid element of meta-theatre as well as a broad sound palette, and he remains a genre all of his own.

Musicianship

Genres:

Jazz, Folk, Pop, Rock, Blues, Gospel, Modern jazz, Swing, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Soul, Hip Hop, Motown, R&B, Karaoke, Disco, Acoustic, Covers, Ambient pop, Americana, Funk rock, Funk, Tribute, Vintage, Top 40, Glam rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Rock 'n' Roll, Post rock, Country, Traditional English folk, Rockabilly

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Instruments:

Singing pianist, Piano, Keyboard

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Event types:

Private event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Composition teaching, Musicologist

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