Fred Hersch!
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Absolutely LOVE this interview with Fred Hersch. His music philosophy is great, as is his playing. More of the transcript over here including this quotation, which is basically how my one time lesson with him went:
I hear a pianist for the first time in a lesson situation, and I immediately go for the physical. They might not be aware that they’re tapping their foot, or that they’re off balance, or that they’re leaning back, or that they’re pushing so hard that they’re slamming down on the bottom of the key bed and making a crappy sound. So what I try to do is create for them a piano embouchure, if you will, that allows the pianist and the piano to be friendly with each other and connected.
