John Eaton, renowned jazz pianist and advocate for American music, dies at 91

John Eaton, a jazz pianist who helped draw renewed attention to the Great American Songbook, championing the work of Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, Fats Waller and other composers while gaining a reputation as one of Washington’s most versatile and inventive musicians, died May 24 at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was 91.