Piano bar
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A piano bar (also known as a piano lounge) consists of a piano or electronic keyboard played by a professional musician, located in a cocktail lounge, bar, hotel lobby, or office building lobby. Usually the pianist receives tips in a jar or basket on or near the piano, especially from patrons requesting a song. Some piano bars feature a baby grand or grand piano surrounded by stools for patrons (or, somewhat humorously, an upright piano covered by a counter that makes it appear to be a grand piano). Others have a bar surrounding the piano or keyboard.
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See also
- Cab Kaye's Jazz Piano Bar in Amsterdam where Cab Kaye performed, when not touring, five nights a week from 1979 until 1988
- The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama musical film. It features "dueling pianos" music. Real-life brothers Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges star as two brothers struggling to make a living as lounge jazz pianists in Seattle.
- Harry's New York Bar in Paris and its piano bar "Ivories" where George Gershwin composed An American in Paris
- Rick's Café Casablanca in Casablanca, Morocco, designed to recreate the bar made famous in the film Casablanca
- Lounge music
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