That legacy is at the heart of “Green Book,” the widely lauded film based on Shirley’s remarkable life and music, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen.

There are three pianists involved in making the music of the Oscar-nominated film Green Book. The first is Don Shirley, who was popular in the 1950s and 60s, both in person and on vinyl. The ...

The year's most complex music assignment may have been Kris Bowers' work on "Green Book." He not only composed the score, he transcribed and played all of pianist Don Shirley's original 1960s ...

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music recounts the story of Flack's father finding her a beat-up, old, upright in a junkyard — a treasure that led to a life in music.

Music is crucial for any film, but for a film about music, it’s make-or-break. That means Kris Bowers, composer for “Green Book,” a biopic about pianist Dr. Don Shirley, had responsibilities ...

Mahershala Ali stars in the new movie “Green Book” as famed pianist Don Shirley. To master the art of fake piano-playing, he received some help from the film’s composer, Kris Bowers.

‘Green Book’ Composer on Playing Mahershala Ali’s Double: “My Life Prepared Me Perfectly” No stranger to working with huge names, musician and composer Kris Bowers encountered a unique ...

He wasn’t aware of Shirley before “Green Book” and told me, “Don Shirley’s music is a joy to listen to. It’s not jazz, and his approach is clearly influenced through classical training.

The green piano in Roberta Flack's autobiographical children's book — entitled "The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music" — is more than a piano. The green piano is, yes, a literal upright ...