Duke Pearson
American jazz pianist and composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980)[1] was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer."[2]
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Birth name | Columbus Calvin Pearson Jr. |
Born | (1932-08-17)August 17, 1932 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S |
Died | August 4, 1980(1980-08-04) (aged 47) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S |
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Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 1950s–1980 |
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