Charles Phillips Thompson, was born on 12 March 1918, in Springfield, Ohio. After starting out on violin Thompson switched to piano and was playing professionally by his mid-teenage years. During the ...

Sir Charles Thompson, a jazz pianist of supple power who bridged the swing and bebop eras while performing alongside luminaries of both styles, and who helped compose the much-recorded bebop anthem ...

"This is Van Morrison here, so this time the roles are reversed and I'm going to be sitting in for Walter Love." That's the attention-grabbing opening to Jazz Club this Sunday night on Radio Ulster.

The most important time to me now is now, that I have to play now... That's what's on my mind now, how I can figure how I can play good tonight. The world of jazz is filled with royalty. Paul Whiteman ...