The Blues Piano Blues (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 85 min | Documentary, Music

The Blues

Piano Blues (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV Episode | 85 min | Documentary, Music

Clint Eastwood ,a player himself, sits at the piano with a number of musicians to talk about their styles and about who influenced them. Interspersed are vintage clips of blues and jazz performances.

Director

Clint Eastwood

Producers

Margaret Bodde | Clint Eastwood | Bruce Ricker

Cinematographer

Vic Losick

Editor

Joel Cox

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 4, 2003

Release date

Oct 4, 2003 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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35 cast members

Name	Known for
Albert Ammons Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Majestic (2001)
Marcia Ball Self Self See fewer	Double Jeopardy (1999)
Count Basie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pearl Harbor (2001)
Charles Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cast Away (2000)
Dave Brubeck Self Self See fewer	Inland Empire (2006)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Ray Charles Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Nat 'King' Cole Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nat King Cole Show (1956)
Martha Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Smart Politics (1948)
Willie Dixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Fats Domino Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Dorothy Donegan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sensations of 1945 (1944)
Dr. John Self Self See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Clint Eastwood Self Self See fewer	Million Dollar Baby (2004)
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Pete Jolly Self Self See fewer	One from the Heart (1981)
Meade 'Lux' Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	New Orleans (1947)
Jay McShann Self Self See fewer	American Splendor (2003)
Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
Phineas Newborn Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues (2003)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Moonlight Sonata (1937)
Pinetop Perkins Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Oscar Peterson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Just Cause (1995)
André Previn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Jesse Price Self Self See fewer	The Blues (2003)
Professor Longhair Self (archive footage) (as Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd) Self (archive footage) (as Henry 'Professor Longhair' Byrd) See fewer	Green Book (2018)
Eugene Roberts Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	John Legend: Christmas Under the Stars (2019)
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