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Roy Eaton

New York City's best play in the park
Angelito Jusay
June 28, 2024, 12:30pm–2:30pm

A-one and a-two and a-you know what to do...!
Come on down and swing along with the best ragtime, stride, and jazz musicians in town.

Upper Terrace (at the base of the William Cullen Bryant Statue behind the New York Public Library)

Roy Eaton

Played Carnegie in 1937

"Bryant Park is extra pleased to welcome Roy and his music back to Bryant Park after he suffered a near fatal hemorrhagic stroke in 2017." - Piano in Bryant Park Team

Roy Eaton has a most impressive career. His first Carnegie Hall performance was in 1937, and he won the first ever Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Award in 1950. His latest album I Play for Peace was released several years ago. Other current albums include: Joplin Rags; Keyboard Classics for Children; 24/7+7; The Complete Preludes of Chopin, Gershwin; Still; and The Meditative Chopin. Honoring his extensive career in advertising, Roy was inducted in the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2010.

You can hear Roy play on Youtube.com at #royeaton.

Thank you for the music!

Many thanks to Sam Ash Music Stores for their support through the years.

Pianist Frank Owens sits at the piano in Bryant Park NYC with a crowd of listeners.
Angelito Jusay Photography