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Alan Broadbent

Alan Leonard Broadbent, MNZM (born 23 April 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a jazz pianist, arranger and composer best known for his work with artists such as Charlie Haden, Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Irene Kral, Sheila Jordan, Natalie Cole, Warne Marsh, Bud Shank, and many others.

Ballads for Bass Clarinet

It features six quartet performances by Murray with Idris Muhammad, John Hicks and Ray Drummond.

Jazzosaurus Rex

It was released in 1993 and features performances by Murray, John Hicks, Ray Drummond and Andrew Cyrille.

Lennie Felix

Lennie Felix (16 August 1920 - 29 December 1980) was a British jazz pianist who worked in the bands of Nat Gonella, Harry Gold, and Sid Philips, and enjoyed a 20 year association with trumpeter Freddy Randall.

Like a Kiss that Never Ends

Recorded in 2000 and released in 2001 the album features performances by Murray, Andrew Cyrille, John Hicks and Ray Drummond.

Ming's Samba

It was released in 1988 and features five quartet performances by Murray with John Hicks, Ray Drummond and Ed Blackwell.

Nico Assumpção

There, he played with several important musicians of the jazz scene, including Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Sadao Watanabe, Larry Coryell, Fred Hersh, Larry Willis, Joe Diorio, John Hicks, Steve Slagle, Victor Lewis, Don Salvador and Charlie Rouse.

Omar Puente

Among other well known musicians he has played with are guitarist John Williams, pianist Robert Mitchell, Jools Holland, Kirsty MacColl, Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo.

Paul Misraki

He went to Paris to study classical composition, and by the 1930s had become an established jazz pianist, arranger and writer of popular songs; around this time he began composing film scores, with his first known work being for Jean Renoir's first sound film, On purge bébé, for which he was uncredited.

Ralph Sutton

Ralph Earl Sutton (November 4, 1922 – December 30, 2001) was an American jazz pianist born in Hamburg, Missouri.

Winard Harper

From 1988 to 1993 he worked with his brother, trumpeter Philip Harper, in the group The Harper Brothers, alongside musicians such as Justin Robinson, Javon Jackson, Walter Blanding, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Stephen Scott, Kevin Hays, Michael Bowie, and Nedra Wheeler.


see also

1912 in Canada

May 13 - Gil Evans, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (d.1988)

Alessandro Carabelli

Alessandro Carabelli is a jazz pianist and composer with a background in the fields of classical music, jazz music, music history, harmony and composition and over fifteen years experience as a performer in international jazz events.

Art Hodes

Arthur W. Hodes (November 14, 1904, Russian Empire – March 4, 1993, Harvey, Illinois), known professionally as Art Hodes, was an American jazz pianist.

Baku International Jazz Festival

The jazz acts appearing at the inaugural event in April 2005 included the Joe Zawinul Syndicate, Germany's Christoph Busse Trio and Russia's Yakov Okun Quarter, in a 14 day event that laid tribute to such Azerbaijani jazz predecessors as Rafig Babayev and his Gaya quartet as well as jazz pianist and composer Vagif Mustafa Zadeh.

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) studio album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.

Bennie Moten

Bennie Moten (November 13, 1894 – April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Carlos do Carmo

After releasing, in 2011, a record with jazz pianist Bernardo Sassetti, it has been announced that Carlos do Carmo and pianist Maria João Pires are recording a new Fado and Piano record to be released by Deutsche Grammophon before the end of 2012.

Charlie Beal

Charles Herbert Beal (September 14, 1908, Redlands, California - July 31, 1991, San Diego) was an American jazz pianist.

Denis Rose

Denis Rose (May 31, 1922, London - November 22, 1984, London) was an English jazz pianist and trumpeter.

Dick Cary

Dick Cary (July 10, 1916 in Hartford, Connecticut – April 6, 1994 in Sunland, California) was an American jazz pianist, trumpet and alto horn player, and prolific arranger and composer.

Dick Wellstood

Richard MacQueen "Dick" Wellstood (born November 25, 1927, Greenwich, Connecticut — died July 24, 1987, Palo Alto, California) was an American jazz pianist.

Futterman

Joel Futterman (* 1946), American jazz pianist and curved soprano saxophonist

James F. Colaianni

They are the parents of Karen (Colaianni) Johnson, founder/director, KJPRPublicity.com, Janice Sosebee, former radio newscaster/ now federal disaster relief worker, Pamela Colaianni (deceased), James F. Colaianni, Jr., publisher/author, Louis Colaianni, author/voice coach, and John Colianni, jazz pianist.

Japanese jazz

Also, jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara has received worldwide fame since her debut in 2003, played with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, as well as produced several albums with her own group, "Sonicbloom".

Kurt Gerron

Once filming was finished, Gerron and members of the Jazz pianist Martin Roman's Ghetto Swingers were deported on the camp's final train transport to Auschwitz.

Lance Hayward

As his career developed as a jazz pianist, as well as an arranger, Hayward became the most sought-after pianist on the island, called to play for visiting singers including Carmen McRae, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Arthur Prysock and Marvin Gaye.

Linkola

Jukka Linkola (born 1955), Finnish jazz pianist and classical composer

Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival

Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival is the second DVD by Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).

Martin Valihora

Currently he is working with Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara.

Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg (* 1935), Dutch jazz pianist and composer, son of Karel Mengelberg

Metheny/Mehldau

Metheny/Mehldau is a jazz album released in 2006 by Nonesuch Records, and a collaboration between guitarist/composer Pat Metheny and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, consisting of ten original tracks, with two joined by Mehldau's drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier.

Mystery Man

The Mystery Man, the fifth solo album by jazz pianist Mike Garson, released in 1990

Ondas

Ondas is an album by New Zealand jazz pianist and composer Mike Nock recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.

Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook

Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1959 (see 1959 in music).

Peiffer

Bernard Peiffer (1922–1976), French jazz pianist, composer, and teacher

Pencil Packin' Papa

Pencil Packin' Papa is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Columbia label in 1994 featuring performances by Silver with Oscar Brashear, Ron Stout, Jeff Bernell, George Bohanon, Maurice Spears, Suzette Moriarty, Red Holloway, James Moody, Eddie Harris, Rickey Woodard, Bob Maize, and Carl Burnett, with vocals by O.C. Smith.

Radio Africa

Many guest musicians participated in the recording, including the notable saxophonist Igor Butman and avant-garde jazz pianist Sergey Kuryokhin.

Ricky May

In 1961 jazz pianist Ronnie Smith set up a group to play at the "Sorrento" in Wellington.

Rockin' with Rachmaninoff

Rockin' with Rachmaninoff is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, recorded in 1991 and released on the Bop City label in 2003, featuring performances by Silver with Michael Mossman, Bob Summers, Ricky Woodard, Ralph Bowen, Doug Webb, Andy Martin, Bob McChesney, Bob Maize, and Carl Burnett, with vocals by Andy Bey.

Roy Kral

Roy Kral (October 10, 1921 in Cicero, Illinois – August 2, 2002 in Montclair, New Jersey) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist best known for his partnership with his wife Jackie Cain as the team Jackie and Roy.

Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud

Jazz pianist Jaki Byard recites the title phrase at the onset of "Parisian Thoroughfare", the opening track of his album The Jaki Byard Experience.

Serenade to a Soul Sister

Serenade to a Soul Sister is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1968, featuring performances by Silver with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Bob Cranshaw, John Williams, Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham.

Silver 'n Voices

Silver 'n Voices is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1976 featuring performances by Silver with Tom Harrell, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, and Al Foster, with an overdubbed choir directed by Alan Copeland featuring Monica Mancini, Avery Sommers, Joyce Copeland,

Sonny Clay

William Rogers Campbell "Sonny" Clay (May 15, 1899, Chapel Hill, Texas - April 13, 1973, Los Angeles) was an American jazz pianist, drummer, and bandleader, who had an unusual impact on the development of Australian jazz.

Sonny White

Ellerton Oswald White (November 11, 1917, Panama City, Panama - April 28, 1971, New York City), better known as Sonny White, was a jazz pianist.

Spiritualizing the Senses

Spiritualizing the Senses is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, his second released on the Silverto label, featuring performances by Silver with Eddie Harris, Bobby Shew, Ralph Moore, Bob Maize, and Carl Burnett.

Tam White

In the same year White reformed the Dexters with a changing line-up that over the years included guitarist Jim Condie and jazz pianist Brian Kellock, with whom he also recorded a duet album.

The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2

"The Blues and The Abstract Truth, Take2" is a tribute album to Oliver Nelson by American jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe, particularly Nelson's 1961 The Blues and the Abstract Truth.

The October Suite

The October Suite is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

There's No Need to Struggle

There's No Need to Struggle is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, his third released on the Silverto label, featuring performances by Silver with Eddie Harris, Bobby Shew, Ralph Moore, Bob Maize, and Carl Burnett with vocals by Weaver Copeland and Mahmu Pearl.

Thomas Waller

Fats Waller (1904 — 1943), American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer

Very Tall

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and also featuring the jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson.

Wade Legge

Wade Legge (February 4, 1934, Huntington, West Virginia – August 15, 1963, Buffalo, New York) was an American jazz pianist and bassist.

Wayne Peet

Wayne Edward Peet (born December 6, 1954, Dallas) is an American jazz pianist & organist active chiefly on the West Coast jazz scene.

Wooding

Sam Wooding (1895-1985), expatriate American jazz pianist, arranger and bandleader

Wynton

Wynton Kelly (1931–1971), Jamaican-born jazz pianist, who spent his career in the United States

Wynton Kelly!, album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly recorded in 1961

Zingaia

His roots are as a jazz pianist (he toured with the legendary Sarah Vaughan and jazz greats Freddie Hubbard and Jon Hendricks), and later played in rock, funk and country groups, as well as large orchestras.