

King of the ivories Eubie Blake was a ragtime virtuoso and a pioneer of stride—a syncopated style of playing jazz piano that first found footing in Harlem in the ‘20s and '30s. His jubilant, hard-hitt…


King of the ivories Eubie Blake was a ragtime virtuoso and a pioneer of stride—a syncopated style of playing jazz piano that first found footing in Harlem in the ‘20s and '30s. His jubilant, hard-hitt…