Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together

“Piano Players” is a 76 minute portrait of three great New Orleans pianists and how they influenced one another’s music. It documents the best piano “professors” of the last three generations — New Orleans’ keyboard aces Isidore “Tuts” Washington, Henry “Professor Longhair” Byrd, and Allen Toussaint — as they played together for the first time in a rehearsal for a joint concert. The rehearsal turned out to be the ONLY time the three ever played together, because Professor Longhair died two days before the scheduled performance.

Released to critical acclaim in 1982, “Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together” is considered by many to be one of the most important and exciting explorations of New Orleans’ musical tradition ever made. It is the winner of over 20 awards.

(Text courtesy of the Louisiana Music Factory)