John Bickerton – Pianist
I’d say my favorite pianist of all-time is Glenn Gould. I find his playing other-worldly and just wonderful. I am primarily a jazz pianist however, and my jazz piano influences are Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Andrew Hill, Geri Allen, Joanne Brackeen, Keith Jarrett, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Rowles, Ahmad Jamal… there are so many. John Bickerton interview 2022
Follow these links to hear John’s piano recordings.
Contemporary Piano Solo Recordings
John Bickerton has been playing the piano since he was 6 years old. His first teachers were nuns – the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. The sisters ran a school with a very sophisticated music program – the St. Mary’s Academy in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. John went there on weekends for piano lessons and also took music theory classes. The nuns, some of whom were quite tough, gave him his initial music education. He got more serious about music through piano competitions which the city of Windsor put on in late 1960s. They were just local competitions for the city’s budding musical talent, but John took it all quite seriously. He performed duets with his sister Katherine, and they did quite well in the piano 4-hands competition for their age group.