biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1945– )
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| biography:
| Jazz pianist and composer, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. He played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Charles Lloyd Quartet in the 1960s, and Miles Davis in the early 1970s, before forming his own trios and quartets with a strong aversion to electronic instrumentation. He frequently sings, whoops, and gesticulates along with his playing which, together with his very long improvizatory passages, can be irksome to some. His Köln Concert (1975), a live solo recording, is reputedly the world's best-selling piano album. A virtuoso piano performer, he has also written or recorded symphonic and classical works. |
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