Two musical worlds collide as jazz pianist Dan Tepfer finds inspiration, and room for improvisation, in J.S. Bach's Two-Part Inventions. For pianist Dan Tepfer, improvisation is the mother of Bach's ...

Concerto in D Major, BWV 972; Allegro; Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; Bouree I / II; Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850, from "The Well-Tempered Clavier"; Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, ...

In the early 1720s, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a set of Two-Part Inventions to help his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, learn to play the keyboard. Now, 300 years later, jazz pianist and ...

Pianist Dan Tepfer has improvised pieces for his new album, Inventions / Reinventions, using a framework similar to Bach's Two-Part Inventions. In the early 1720s, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a set ...

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