The art of piano improvisation is alive and well thanks to pianists like Merton, who may well have invented a new genre of online pianistic interaction. The only reason I would ever go on Chatroulette would be for the remote chance of getting to play a duet with this guy. Here are the first two volumes of Merton on YouTube:
Also worth watching is Ben Folds' tribute to this fellow, performed live at a concert in Charlotte: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfamTmY5REw
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