Charles Covington - Millennium Stage (December 11, 2021)

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! Charles Covington is a renowned jazz pianist and organist. A specialist in the styles of early piano greats James “Eubie” Blake, Art Tatum, and Errol Garner, he enjoys a high reputation among performers. Covington incorporates influences from Art Tatum, Bud Powell, and John Coltrane in his organ performance, demonstrating that it is possible to master their different expressions and blend the disparate elements into a coherent style by imposing the mark of his own personality.