Watch this video then read the caption below:

Acclaimed Jazz pianist Patti Moran McCoy plays “When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder” at Pastor Andrae Crouch’s church on Easter Sunday, 2005.

Patti McCoy is a wonderful friend and neighbor of mine, and is one of the world’s great jazz pianists. When she was still a teenager she was known as “the little girl of jazz” and played with most all the jazz greats of the 60’s and 70’s including the great Scott LaFaro and Ray Brown. She recorded about 8 albums, fronted her own quartet, and played at Birdland (famous jazz club) in New York. (Her stage name was Pat McCoy, in case you want to track down her recordings at Amazon or elsewhere.)

When I got my MA at Southern Oregon University I interview her on tape while she played and talked about the development of jazz piano from ragtime right up to contemporary. If you’re interested, it’s a GREAT listen. “Jazz Piano From Ragtime To Contemporary”