John Gill's Dixieland Serenaders

John Gill is one of the top stride and trad jazz pianists of his generation. He began playing a small toy piano as a youth and became a fan of the British pop pianist Russ Conway. Other than some classical training, Gill was largely self-taught. He formed a two piano duo with Ron Weatherburn (Kenny Ball's regular pianist) in London, worked around England and in 1983 moved to Australia. Gill has appeared in the United States on an occasional basis, playing at the Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival in Boulder, Colorado and the Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia, Missouri. John Gill, ...