Making a departure from his comedy background, Robinson portrayed saxophonist Maceo Parker in the James Brown biopic Get On Up (2014). In December 2015, he appeared in several Wal-Mart commercials promoting their credit card while singing and playing the piano at the store.

Yes, Clint Eastwood plays the piano, in addition to other well-known celebrities such as: Hugh Laurie. Jamie Foxx. Richard Gere.

Remo Saraceni Arguably the most famous piano due to its memorable scene in the Tom Hanks movie "BIG" (1988), “The Walking Piano” or “Big Piano” was created by Remo Saraceni and first installed in the toy store FAO Schwarz in New York City in 1982.

Without further ado, here is our list of the greatest pianists of all time.

• Stephen Hough (1961-)
• Lang Lang (1982-)
• Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• John Ogdon (1937-1989)
• Murray Perahia (1947-)
• Maria Joao Pires (1944-)
• Maurizio Pollini (1942-)

Popular celebrity pianists Stars like actors Shia LaBeouf, Miley Cyrus, and Tom Hanks, as well as recording artists Alicia Keys and Ryan Gosling are just a few of the celebrities who have shown off their impressive piano skills to the world.

In jazz, the piano typically provides a syncopated chordal underpinning while the sax, trumpet, or other lead instrument plays the main melody or takes a solo, switching to a central role when the pianist metaphorically steps forward to take his or her own turn in the spotlight.

The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700.

Over the past century, Russia has produced most of the world's outstanding pianists, from Rachmaninov and Horowitz at the dawn of recording to Daniil Trifonov and Igor Levit right now.

A pianist (US: /piːˈænɪst/ pee-AN-ist, also /ˈpiːənɪst/ PEE-ə-nist) is an individual musician who plays the piano.

Widely considered the world's greatest living pianist, the Argentine pianist Martha Argerich has been dazzling audiences since the mid-century.

Audiences loved pianists like Franz Liszt and Glenn Gould, but Sergei Rachmaninoff has the most famous pianist of all time. This Russian player had large hands, and his exceptional finger technique helped him play very intricate pieces with clarity.

The piano is widely employed in classical, jazz, traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances, accompaniment, and for composing, songwriting and rehearsals.