Beegie Adair was a prolific, award-winning jazz pianist and arranger known for her interpretations of jazz and popular standards and show tunes. Her melodic, fleet-fingered style reflected the sounds of her major influences, including George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Erroll Garner. A Nashville session musician for many years, her career took with 1998's Escape to New York. She enjoyed a loyal following, releasing a string standards albums like 2001's Dream Dancing: The Songs of Cole Porter, 2010's Swingin' with Sinatra, and 2012's The Real Thing. Although she r...