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Beegie Adair

To hear Beegie Adair play piano is to reach an oasis of cool music in a dry and barren musical landscape rife with over-produced and under-talented, superficial belly-button acts. Long-time jazz fans and new listeners alike are swept away by her lyrical and melodic style accentuated by her technical precision and finesse. Born in Cave City, Kentucky, a small farming community of 1,400 residents, Beegie Adair (say B-G) grew up avidly listening to music. At age four she started the "two-finger-hunt-and-peck" system on the piano, but began actual lessons when she was five and continued studying piano through college at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. During college, she played jazz professionally every weekend. She taught music to children in the Kentucky school system for three years, but spent her summers working in Nashville. The first summer she joined the Hank Garland Quartet, "and my education continued. Hank was a jazz guitarist that many other guitarists looked up to," Beegie comments. Arriving in Nashville during the heyday of Country music allowed her the opportunity to accompany such legendary performers as Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, and Dolly Parton. Because Nashville was a hot bed of musical television tapings and live performances during that time, Adair also worked with such entertainers as Neil Diamond, Mama Cass Elliott, and Peggy Lee in her position as in-house pianist for The Johnny Cash Show for ABC-TV plus other television programs featuring Lucille Ball, Carol Burnette, and Dinah Shore. She hosted a music-and-talk radio show called "Improvised Thoughts" on station WMOT with guests including Tony Bennett and Joe Williams. She served as the main pianist at five annual International Trombone Workshops where she performed with Slide Hampton, Kai Winding, Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, Phil Wilson, Albert Mangelsdorff, and others. Adair serves as adjunct professor in jazz studies at Vanderbilt University''s Blair School of Music and currently teaches singers repertoire at the Nashville Jazz Workshop "They are so tuned into the way I visualize the music, that it''s effortless to play with them."Beegie credits as her main influences Jimmy Jones, George Shearing, Teddy Wilson, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Russ Freeman (the pianist who played with Chet Baker in the Fifties).

		Swingin'' With Sinatra The long awaited follow-up to The Frank Sinatra Collection! It further explores the extensive ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: 5678 On Sale $15.95
		Moments To Remember Jazz pianist, Beegie Adair, plays timeless pop hits of the 1950’s. "The songs on this ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: 5591 On Sale $15.95
		Dancing in the Dark A wonderful new recording from the Beegie Adair trio! This CD is a delightful tribute to Fred ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: 5573 On Sale $15.95
		Yesterday A wonderful piano tribute to the music of the Beatles. Legendary jazz pianist Beegie Adair ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: 5574 On Sale $15.95
		As Time Goes By Silver Screen Classics from the Golden Age of Cinema:An all new recording from best selling jazz ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: 3069 On Sale $15.95
		Sentimental Journey Beegie and trio salute the greatest generation with jazz renditions of classic gems of the World ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: 3055 On Sale $15.95
		Christmas Jazz Instrumental jazz for the holidays featuring Beegie Adair on piano, Denis Solee on tenor ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: VSG3033 On Sale $14.95
		The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern Beegie's trademark elegance shines through on this collection of romantic standards from the pen ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GH5397 On Sale $14.95
		The Nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichael From the American classic Stardust to legendary tunes like Georgia On My Mind and The Nearness ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GH5411 On Sale $14.95
		Martini Lounge more .. Village Square Music Label On Sale $14.95
		Jazz On Broadway (with Jack Jezzro) Jack Jezzro with The Beegie Adair Trio Instrumental jazz ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: VS3024 On Sale $14.95
		An Affair to Remember Acclaimed jazz pianist, Beegie Adair, teams up with arranger and orchestrator, Jeff Steinberg, ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: VS3038 On Sale $14.95
		Jazz Piano Christmas A seasonal follow up to her best selling titles The Frank Sinatra Collection and The Nat King ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5148 On Sale $14.95
		The Frank Sinatra Collection The classic hits of Frank Sinatra are presented with intimate elegance in a jazz trio setting ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5056 On Sale $14.95
		The Nat King Cole Collection Light jazz arrangements of classic Nat King Cole hits are presented with an intimate elegance ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5109 On Sale $14.95
		Love, Elvis The love songs recorded and made popular by Elvis Presley are some of the most well known of ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5174 On Sale $14.95
		Dream Dancing Beegie is a musician of great taste. Her newest album devoted to the music of Cole Porter, is ... more .. Hillsboro Music Label Catalog No: GHD5227 On Sale $14.95
		I''ll Take Romance Legendary jazz pianist Beegie Adair delivers her greatest performance to date with her first ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5270 On Sale $14.95
		Centennial Composers Collection Since their birth over 100 years ago, these legendary composers have produced some of the ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5298 On Sale $79.95
		Embraceable You Please Note: This is the same as GH5300 released as The Music of George Gershwin released ... more .. Green Hill Music Label Catalog No: GHD5387 On Sale $14.95
		Quiet Christmas "This is my first solo album. For all our listeners who are used to hearing the trio, ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: VS3030 On Sale $14.95
		Days of Wine and Roses Best-selling jazz pianist, Beegie Adair, returns with her debut recording for the Village ... more .. Village Square Music Label Catalog No: VSD3002 On Sale $14.95

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