The jazz artist suffered from a condition that rendered his bones brittle and his stature three feet tall. But in the '80s and '90s, he still... Michel Petrucciani was the first important jazz pianist ...

Recorded live on May 11, 1987, at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, this album catches pianist Michel Petrucciani during an inspired phase of his career. It was not his first visit to ...

Released in memory of pianist/composer Michel Petrucciani, So What presents a comprehensive introduction and carefully constructed homage to Petrucciani’s many musical sides. Afflicted with ...

In this program from 1987, Petrucciani, then 23, performs his own tune, "The Prayer," and host Marian McPartland joins him on "My Funny Valentine." Michel Petrucciani On Piano Jazz Michel Petrucciani ...

Small man, big talentI had not heard of Michel Petrucciani before I started making a film about him; nor had I made a documentary for 25 years. But every documentary is a journey of discovery, and I ...

Viene avanti, con grande fatica, reggendosi malfermo su due stampelle piccole piccole. Fragile. Fragilissimo. Ma deciso a non darla vinta alla «malattia delle ossa di cristallo» che gli dà dolori ...

Michel Petrucciani era alto meno di un metro e suonava il pianoforte come pochi uomini sulla terra. Simili misure ha suo figlio Alex, diventato anche lui musicista dopo aver perso il padre, a 9 anni: ...

Michel Petrucciani was the first important jazz pianist I ever saw live. In retrospect, it's hard to believe that he would make it to Guéret, my tiny hometown in the middle of France. But in 1992, on ...

Born with the genetic disease osteogenesis imperfecta, he only stood at three feet. But with hands unaffected by his disease and an extraordinary talent, Michel Petrucciani is one of the greatest ...

Exactly 30 years after his “Van Morrison in Ireland,” English helmer Michael Radford (“Il Postino“) returns to almost-divine music and his nonfiction roots with “Michel Petrucciani,” which chronicles ...

Michel Petrucciani, the French piano virtuoso who died young in 1999, was a great piano talent who always sounded in love with the instrument and the sound of jazz. Petrucciani, who suffered from a ...

It’s always a labour of love to make a jazz film, a jazz documentary even more so - especially when the musician subject is no longer around to promote it. But the labour pays off beautifully in ...