Ninety-two years ago today, one of the key figures in the development of the Nashville Sound was born in Louisiana.

Jason Coleman, grandson of piano legend Floyd Cramer, brought his grandfather’s music to the Sterling Middle School stage Tuesday evening for the Sterling Concert Series. Coleman performed many of the ...

Floyd Cramer, 64, who played piano on Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” and popularized the distinctive “slip note” style on instrumental hits such as “Last Date,” died yesterday in Nashville, Tenn.

For Nashville pianist Jason Floyd Coleman, there’s more to playing the piano than just melodies and rhythms. The connections between music and memories, piano and family are inseparable. And as the ...