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Richard Scott is a stride-style pianist in New Orleans today. “Stride” piano is a way of playing that grew out of the Ragtime music of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The biggest difference between Ragtime and Stride is that Ragtime music is written out while Stride pianists improvise the music.

Piano Nights At The Leaf

by Stuart Raper

https://www.mapleleafbar.com/single-post/2017/12/23/Piano-Nights-At-The-Leaf

For years patrons of the Maple Leaf Bar have observed a hundred year old Wurlein upright piano, pushed up against the wall in the back of the club. Yet it served a mostly aesthetic purpose. Few of the keys worked, it was barely playable. However, with the help of the bar, Crescent Spirits and master piano technician (and Oak street neighbor) Paul Agostino, the piano has been restored to its rickety glory, quintessentially New Orleanian. With looks, feel and most of all a sound that blends in perfectly with…