One of the greatest jazz/classical/improv pianists of the late 20th century. Best known for his membership in the Standards Trio through the early- and mid-1990's. However, in 1996 he began to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, so badly that he could no longer perform or even record. By the middle of 1999 he had gotten the malady under much better control and released a solo album, Melody At Night, With You, his first in four years.