Earl Hines New York, 1947

He didn’t just play piano — he invented a new language for it.

This vintage jazz poster captures Earl “Fatha” Hines in a radiant black-and-white portrait by William P. Gottlieb, ca. March 1947, New York — fedora tilted, dark sunglasses on, cigar at the lip, sheet music open on the keys, every inch the jazz patriarch. Born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania in 1903, Hines revolutionised the piano with his “trumpet-style” technique — bold, hornlike lines that cut through entire big bands — and went on to lead the orchestra that Dizzy Gillespie later called “the incubator of bop,” with both Charlie Parker and Gillespie in the ranks. Honoured with DownBeat’s International Critics Poll Hall of Fame and voted the world’s No. 1 Jazz Pianist six times, Hines shaped nearly every major piano voice that followed. A timeless piece of jazz music art and musician wall art, this vintage jazz print makes the perfect music lover gift for anyone who knows that modern jazz has “Fatha” Hines in its DNA.

• 3 Sizes: 24×36″ (60×90 cm), 16×24″ (40×60 cm), and 12×18″ (30×45 cm)
• Paper weight: 200 gsm / 80 lb
• Shipped in sturdy packaging to protect the poster
• Ready to frame

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