Editing Celesta (section)

=== Jazz ===
Since [[Earl Hines]] took it up in 1928, other [[jazz pianist]]s have occasionally used the celesta as an alternative instrument. In the 1930s, [[Fats Waller]] sometimes played celesta with his right hand and piano simultaneously with his left hand. Other notable jazz pianists who occasionally played the celesta include [[Memphis Slim]], [[Meade "Lux" Lewis]], [[Willie "The Lion" Smith]], [[Art Tatum]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Buddy Greco]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Sun Ra]], [[Keith Jarrett]], and [[Herbie Hancock]]. A celesta provides the introduction to ''Someday You'll Be Sorry'', a song [[Louis Armstrong]] recorded for [[RCA]], and is featured prominently throughout the piece.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} A celesta is used by the pianist [[Russ Freeman (pianist)|Russ Freeman]] on tracks from [[Chet Baker Sings]] (such as ''My Ideal'' and ''[[I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)]]''). A number of recordings [[Frank Sinatra]] made for [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] in the [[1940s in music|1940s]] feature the instrument (for instance ''[[I'll Never Smile Again]]''),<ref>{{cite web |title=All or Nothing at All: A Life of Frank Sinatra (Chapter 3 The Band Singer) |url=http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com/all-or-nothing/detail.php?c=4 |website=www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> as do many of his albums recorded for [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] in the 1950s (''[[In the Wee Small Hours]]'', ''[[Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)|Close to You]]'' and ''[[Songs for Swingin' Lovers]]'').<ref>"[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/in-the-wee-small-hours-frank-sinatra-19691231 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 100/500: In the Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527181018/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/in-the-wee-small-hours-frank-sinatra-19691231 |date=2012-05-27 }}", ''RollingStone.com''.</ref>

The use of celesta in jazz rapidly declined with the advent of the [[vibraphone]].