Donald Lambert

Donald Lambert, called Don Lambert, ( born February 12, 1904 in Princeton, New Jersey; † May 8, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz pianist of the stride piano style.

Lambert was left-handed and learned to play the piano by his mother, but he could never play for notes. He was in the night club scene, Harlem in the 1920s known feared for the handle speed of his left hand and "cutting contests " - the piano workshop of the Newport Jazz Festival 1960 he is beaten Eubie Blake and Willie "The Lion" Smith and even type Tatum have demanded. Lambert was influenced by Paul Seminole (1904-1932), with whom he performed in a duo. He made little recordings, including 1941 " Jazzing the Classics " for Bluebird, where he pursued his passion, classical music, for example, by Gaetano Donizetti, Richard Wagner, Jules Massenet and Edvard Grieg in the stride style of playing ( what he calls " Striding the Classics " called ). Was also published some live in Wallace 's Tavern material recorded from 1959 to 1962 (including Jazzology, Pumpkin ).

His nicknames were " Jersey Rocket" ( he liked New York not particularly avoided the usual rent parties and preferred to play in his native New Jersey), " The Lamb ", " muffin ", " The lamb of God".