Piano Players was to document an historic meeting of three generations of jazz pianists-Isadore "Tuts" Washington, Henry "Professor Longhair" Byrd, and Allen Toussaint-on one stage, in one club, on one night. The concert never took place: Professor Longhair died two days prior to the performance. But Stevenson Palfi had videotaped the artists' rehearsal session two weeks earlier, along with interviews; now, Piano Players would document this, and Professor Longhair's funeral as well. It's a rare and marvelous tape; as Michael Goodwin wrote in the Village Voice, "Among other things, Piano Players is a high-level seminar in listening to New Orleans piano, conducted by three legendary professors. It's full of great, rocking music, and by the end of the program we can hear exactly what each of these musicians has taken from the others, what he's done with it, what he's given back...(But) that's not all...Because (Palfi) has taken us so deep into the world of these master musicians, we end up sharing their sense of spirit work and musical value. In the end, we can see there's something far more complex than the 'folk process' at work..."