Stephanie Trick Explained

Stephanie Trick
Birth Place:	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Instrument:	Piano, pipe organ^[1]
Genre:	Jazz

Stephanie Trick (born 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American stride, ragtime and jazz pianist.

Biography

Trick began playing piano at the age of five.^[2] Her interest outside classical music began at the age of ten, when her piano teacher introduced her to ragtime.^[3] She received her BA degree in music with honors from the University of Chicago in 2009.Trick demonstrates piano performance and composition styles of stride, ragtime and jazz piano from the 1900s to the 1940s.^[4] She emphasizes jazz standards, stride and boogie-woogie tunes with an accent on her specialty of Harlem stride.^{[5] [6]} Trick and her husband, pianist Paolo Alderighi, reside in both St. Louis and Milan, Italy, his home town.

Discography

• Piano Tricks (2005)
• Ragtime Tricks (2006)
• Hear That Rhythm! (2008)
• Stephanie Trick LIVE (2010)
• Something More (2011) – with Danny Coots (drums) and Jay Hungerford (bass)
• Two For One (2012) – with Paolo Alderighi (piano)
• Fourteen (2012) – with Lorraine Feather (vocal)
• Sentimental Journey (2014) – with Paolo Alderighi (piano)
• Double Trio Live (2015) – with Paolo Alderighi (piano) Marty Eggers (bass) Danny Coots (drums)
• Always (2016) – with Paolo Alderighi (piano) Roberto Piccolo (bass) Nicola Stranieri (drums)
• From Joplin to Jobim (2016) – Paolo Alderighi (piano) Engelbert Wrobel (reeds) Nicki Parrott (bass and vocals) Paolo Alderighi and Stephanie Trick, four-hands piano
• Broadway and More (2018) – with Paolo Alderighi (piano)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG0EDOUK5Q Bach Prelude and Fugue (A Min.) on Rockefeller Chapel Organ
2. Web site: Stephanie Trick . www.stephanietrick.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328140855/http://www.stephanietrick.com/biography.htm . 28 March 2010 . dead.
3. Web site: Stephanie Trick Biography From West Coast Ragtime Festival. Westcoastragtime.com. 18 February 2020.
4. News: Peters . Bill . April 16, 2010 . Great Strides at the Piano: Stephanie Trick re-ignites interest in Ragtime, Stride and Jazz Piano. . Peter's Music News . dead . https://archive.today/20130131071207/http://petersmusicnews.com/2010/04/great-strides-at-the-piano-stephanie-trick-re-ignites-interest-in-ragtime-stride-and-jazz-piano/ . January 31, 2013 .
5. News: Wolff . Don . May 11, 2010 . Interview and Classic Jazz with Stephanie Trick . DonWolff.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101225155458/http://www.donwolff.com/donwolffcomhome/2010/5/11/interview-and-classic-jazz-with-stephanie-trick-may-18th-at.html . December 25, 2010 .
6. "la jeune "polyvalente" du Harlem stride" (the Harlem stride young versatile), in 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p. 267.