Earl Hines Plays Tribute to Louis Armstrong, W.C. Handy & Hoagy Carmichael features the legendary Jazz pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines on this Historic Series album from 2xHD and Jazzology Records. It is not part of the 2xHD High Resolution Audio series releases. 

On this remastering from Analog Tape to Stereo DSD by 2xHD, the original analog tapes are given the Fusion Mastering System treatment, an innovative step in audio restoration.

Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl “Fatha” Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, “one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of Jazz”.

The trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie wrote, “The piano is the basis of modern harmony. This little guy came out of Chicago, Earl Hines. He changed the style of the piano. You can find the roots of Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, all the guys who came after that. If it hadn’t been for Earl Hines blazing the path for the next generation to come, it’s no telling where or how they would be playing now. There were individual variations but the style of … the modern piano came from Earl Hines.”

Earl “Fatha” Hines, Piano