Charles Phillips Thompson, was born on 12 March 1918, in Springfield, Ohio. After starting out on violin Thompson switched to piano and was playing professionally by his mid-teenage years. During the ...

Sir Charles James Jessel older son of the late Sir George Jessel. Master of the Rolls. and brother of Lord Jessel. died on Sunday at the age of sixty-eight Inrecognition of the eminent services of his ...

Pianist Sir John Thompson could play anything. And he did, from swing and jump blues to bebop and pop, on recording session after recording session. Lester Young dubbed him “Sir" in the early 1940s ...