Pianist Willie Pickens, 86, Giant Of Chicago Jazz
(ArtsJournal Music)

`[He was] revered in Chicago - and around the world - not only as a colossal piano virtuoso but as a symbol of Chicago jazz. ... [He] summoned immense masses of sound at the piano without succumbing to a percussive clatter. Add to this the extraordinary velocity he could achieve, as well as the melodic […]