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"Cocktail Piano"?

Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:43 pm

I'm looking for a phrase I don't know ...

Have you ever been to a hotel lobby and heard a pianist playing on the grand piano? Or have you been to a restaurant where there is a pianist playing in the background? The music is relaxing and also sounds a little more on the complex side (but I haven't heard a live pianist in years so maybe it isn't as difficult as I think...).

What is that music called? Evening piano music? Hotel music? (I don't think so.) Cocktail piano? I stumbled across the phrase "cocktail piano" by accident today but I don't know if that's what I'm looking for.

Once I saw a book in a music shop which contained the type of music you might hear in a hotel, or a restaurant, the kind of music I really used to love. I didn't buy it and now I wish I did but I don't know what to search for. Could anyone tell me the right name for it?

Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:47 am

"Lounge music" maybe?

Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:01 am

Hmm I know that a "cocktail pianist" is someone that you can book for special events like weddings, anniversaries, parties, etc. Not entirely sure but I'm pretty certain "cocktail piano" is correct.

Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:49 pm

Sapphire Faerie wrote:"Lounge music" maybe?

That's what I thought as well. O_o
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