Winifred Atwell was a Trinidad-born pianist who became a major popular and classical crossover figure in Britain during the 1950s.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Stanford Robinson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Atwell’s musicianship crossed the boundary between popular entertainment and concert repertory, bringing formidable keyboard command to a wide audience.

Her page is justified by career standing and catalogue context. Atwell gives the piano shelf a bright, unexpected flash of virtuoso star-power.