SEDALIA, MO newspaper article [6/3/10] on Stephanie's appearance at Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival.

Radio interview by BOB BERNOTAS [5/21/10], UMSL Radio in St. Louis (at Jazz Education Network conference). (4:24)

On TV with TIM EZELL [5/17/10], KTVI FOX 2 in St. Louis. (2:37)

JOHNNY RABBITT interview [5/14/10], on "The Carney Show" on KMOX 1120 AM in St. Louis, MO.  NOTE: The song played at the end is "Viper's Drag," not "Handful of Keys." (12:27 MP3)

DON WOLFF interview [5/11/10], Host of "I Love Jazz" on KFUO 99.1 FM and HEC-TV in St. Louis, MO.  Excerpts from this full interview were aired on Don's show on KFUO on 5/14/10. (17:20 MP3)

PETERS' MUSIC NEWS:
   – [4/12/10] "Stride Pianist Stephanie Trick April 15 at Clairbourn School" by Bill Peters
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   – [4/16/10] "Great Strides at the Piano: Stephanie Trick re-ignites interest in Ragtime, Stride and Jazz Piano" by Bill Peters
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JAZZ DIXIE/SWING:
   – [Issue #64] "Nouvelle étoile montante du piano stride" by Jacques Pescheux
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   – [Issue #66] Review of Hear That Rhythm! by Jacques Pescheux
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   "For many years, stride piano was almost exclusively a male-dominated genre. Even today, the number of woman performers whose repertoires are predominantly stride can be counted on one or two fingers. Thus, it’s newsworthy when a new name pops up on the horizon and Stephanie Trick is a name to be remembered.
   "This album [Hear That Rhythm!] restores my faith in stride and novelty pianists. Stephanie Trick can unleash her flying fingers at will, but, unlike some performers whose addiction to speed has caused them to become one-dimensional, she can also put loving introspection where it is warranted.
   "Highly recommended."
         – Jack Rummel

   "I met Stephanie for the first time a little over a year ago [in 2007] in Pacific Grove. At that time she was also a very competent, classically trained, ragtime pianist. Now she has started to play Johnson, Waller, and Smith, quite beautifully I might add. She is, in my opinion, the next rising star in the stride world.... It appears that she has the necessary duende to be able to join the inner circle."
         – Dr. Mark Borowsky

   "Stephanie [had] already wowed the more than 250 [St. Louis Ragtimers] fans that packed St. Louis' Sheldon ballroom.... [T]he lissome and vigorous young musician stepped back up to the concert grand as Trebor Jay 'The Professor' Tichenor graciously yielded his seat and stood listening and watching her prodigious talent with an eagle eye and a fine-tuned ear from the sidelines. Her second selection, a rousing stride piano version of the George Gershwin-Earl Wild classic “Liza,” improvising with elaborate riffs on the melody line and concluding with harmonious arpeggios, brought the audience to their feet, cheering to the hall’s intricately illuminated rafters."
         – Peter Green

• "Stephanie played a Guest shot at [the Ozark Jazz Society] last night [6/6/10]. Introduced by Jeff Barnhart, she played [Luckey Roberts'] Nothin' as Brian Holland and Jeff looked on from the wings with their eyes bugged out at her virtuosic performance. When she finished the piece, the room erupted like the stands exploding after a Packers touchdown. The Crowd Went Wild. That must happen a lot for Stephanie, because she accepted it with unabashed grace, beamed, and left the stage as the audience continued to rave at her amazing accomplishment."

• "When Oscar, James P., Jelly Roll, Fats and Art passed on, it was said that no one could ever recreate that magic. You have the potential along with only 3 or 4 people alive today to fullfil that dream. You are truly wonderful, young lady."

• "Your astounding skills and super smooth style are infectious and a great inspiration to me.... Your style and particularly the tempo changes, and speed with your right hand, it seems that you are having fun 'toying' or 'playing' with the piano in order to get what you do out of it. Fantastic!! I would love to see Fats Waller standing next to you watching you playing his great solo classics. Your control of tempo and touch make your playing crisp, clean, and extremely accurate in spite of your speed."

• "Excellent playing! I am very impressed that you have achieved the level of virtuosity as young as you are in comparison to the great artists who had been doing this for decades."

• "Sometimes contemporary pianists' recordings of stride piano seem a little strained, as if the pianists were playing just at the limits of their abilities. Not so with Ms. Trick; I think she strides better than many other pianists, and seems quite comfortable in the genre. She sounds unstrained, as if she hasn't yet reached the limits of her technique. The existence of young ragtime/stride/jazz/novelty pianists of Ms. Trick's caliber gives us hope for the future."

• "You play with expertise and insight that is just marvelous. You lift up your audience, and they delight in your pieces and your playing of them.... What a glorious time ... being transported to the world of Scott Joplin and his heritage."

• "Your Hear That Rhythm! CD is awesome. I've got it in this CD player that turns on to wake me up in the morning. So every morning it's been 'Space Shuffle' (usually I linger in bed until midway through 'Handful of Keys'). Great way to get up!"

• "You make ragtime and stride come alive for your listeners, and we leave with great joy and buoyancy. You are singular in your work and in your capacity to communicate it."

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