Earl “Fatha” Hines perform “Memories of You”, in a piano workshop in Berlin in 1965.

Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl “Fatha” Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazzpianist. Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of modern jazz piano and, according to one major source, is “one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz”. [source]

 

Photo: Earl Hines, Jazz-Tage Berlin 1965 by Max Jacoby.