The Giant Fucking Robot

Caught this guy on NPR and was so impressed I had to blog about him. You can listen to more tunes on his website. Kudos.

From wiki:
Eric Lewis, born May 13, 1973 in Camden, New Jersey, is an American jazz pianist. Lewis studied piano as a child, graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in 1995 and began touring with jazz luminaries Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson. In 1996 at age 23 he won the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. He has performed with famous jazz figures such as Clark Terry, Betty Carter, Donald Byrd, Ornette Coleman, Elvin Jones and was a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He is known for his energy and unconventional style, including reaching inside the piano lid to pull at the strings directly.