Kendall Ross Bean

Kendall Ross Bean is an American composer, concert pianist, piano rebuilder, and entrepreneur[1]from the San Francisco Bay Area. As a master piano rebuilder and concert pianist, Bean first performed on a piano he rebuilt in one of the first classical music videos[2] Kendall Ross Bean: Chopin Polonaise in A Flat that was done in the music video format for the A&E Network. Simultaneous to his music career, Bean has been rebuilding pianos for over 30 years, including two notable pianos at Fantasy Studios, the Bill Evans[3] piano, the McCoy Tyner piano. In 2018, Bean was part of a collaborative benefit album for KCSM (FM) called Two Weeks Inside Studio D[4] on which he performed Fats Waller's Handfull of Keys on three of the Fantasy Studios pianos he had rebuilt and the sound engineer did a mystery mix of the three pianos in the same song.[5][6] Bean is also the co-concept designer for the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Series[7] [8]

Kendall Ross Bean
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
OccupationComposer, Concert Pianist, Piano Rebuilder
Spouse(s)Karen Earle Lile (m. div.)
Children2
Websitekendallrossbean.comteams.comkendallrossbean.com

References
  1. "Piano Entrepreneurs". Contra Costa Newspapers. Contra Costa Times. 11 Feb 1985.
  2. Jennings, Cheryl (July 1986). "Kendall Ross Bean Classical Music Video". Evening TV News. ABC7 Bews KGO TV News.
  3. Pettinger, Peter. Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings. Yale University Press. pp. 0-300–07193-0.
  4. "Two Weeks in Studio D Berkeley: The Album". Retrieved 18 Dec 2020.
  5. "One-of-a-Kind Recording Project Fills Fantasy Studios: Karen Lile, an independent executive producer and co-owner of Piano Finders brings together Grammy winners and top producers for one special benefit album". Music Trades Magazine. Published continuously since 1890 (The Global Issue): 40–42. December 2018.
  6. Witt, Fred (18 Feb 2019). "2 Weeks Inside Studio D, of Fantasy Studios". KCSM Jazz News. Retrieved 18 Dec 2020.
  7. Mary Corbin., Tracey Taylor. "Post Office marks 70 years of music recording in Berkeley with special postmark". USPS. Berkeleyside Newspaper on 16 Nov 2018.
  8. "About Kendall Ross Bean". Retrieved 18 Dec 2020.
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