<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">    It's not just jazz, but all fields of music except maybe "classical," and even in that field, if one searched widely enough, a recording could probably be found where there's at least one unison that's a little "out."  But yes, especially in jazz and blues, out-of-tune pianos show up all over the place.  Even for top-notch artists like Art Tatum.  I have one recording of his where the piano sounds horrendous because they were too cheap to tune it.  I've also heard out-ot-tune pianos on recordings by Thelonious Monk, Earl Hines, Otis Spann, Count Basie, et al.  I mentioned in a previous post a couple years ago that I went to see Keith Jarrett at the Village Vanguard in New York in the 70's or 80's.  I showed up way ahead of time to be certain of getting a seat, and Keith himself came in early to tune the piano.  The club owner was too cheap, even though Keith was already a big name.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">    --David Nereson </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>