Interesting post - after hearing that first one by Klaus Nomi, I was wondering why I had not heard of them, as they sound pretty interesting, but then I read on and saw that they left this Earth back in 1983, very sad indeed.

He grew up listening to jazz being influenced by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans. Petrucciani recorded and played the piano at a dizzying pace throughout his short life.

Wow, Petrucciani is seriously talented, I really enjoyed listening to his piano pieces.