The Bad Piano Player

A weekly musical podcast diving into popular music of the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Podcasting since 2020 • 188 episodes

The Bad Piano Player

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Harry Warren IIII

The Bad Piano Player returns to a stalwart, a composer everybody knows and nobody knows with our fourth Harry Warren episode. Seven fabulous songs from the master of melody and progression, with Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Gus Kahn, Al Dubin, Ira G...

June 09, 2026 • 43:54

Lew Brown

This week the bad piano player features lyricist Lew Brown, born Louis Brownstein in Odessa , Russia in 1893. He estimated that he had collaborated on more than seven thousand songs in his career. We’re learning a small percentage of those for ...

May 25, 2026 • 33:04

Gus Kahn II

This week the bad piano player rights a great wrong and finally does a second Gus Kahn episode. The lyricist extraordinaire, who worked with literally every major popular song composer from 1915 to the early 1940s. First featured in season 1,&n...

May 12, 2026 • 38:28

Clarence Williams -Blues 2

This week, the bad piano player does his second-ever Blues episode, featuring composer Clarence Williams, 1893-1965. Six of his best, five provided by our special friend Norman. Tune in for some blues history and some great blues played by a ba...

April 28, 2026 • 37:22

Cy Coleman On Broadway

This Fortnight Tuesday, the bad piano player returns to Broadway to feature a great composer who was active on the Great White Way for more than forty years. Tune in for the Cy Coleman story and stay for the songs.

April 14, 2026 • 37:52

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Very much enjoying this episode. Especially Edward Bear. Great memories… thanks so much.

B URL Ington, ON