Duke Pearson – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Duke Pearson was a jazz musician who played piano. Duke Pearson was born on 17 August 1932 in Atlanta and died on 4 August 1980 in Atlanta. The music is usually filed under jazz and hard bop. Record labels: Blue Note. The discography here lists 15 albums, from “Profile” (1959) to “I Don't Care Who Knows It” (1996).

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) 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."

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Profile 1959 · Blue Note Tender Feelin’s 1960 · Blue Note Wahoo! 1965 · Blue Note Prairie Dog 1966 · Atlantic Sweet Honey Bee 1967 · Blue Note The Right Touch 1967 · Blue Note Angel Eyes 1968 · Polydor The Phantom 1968 · Blue Note How Insensitive 1969 · Blue Note Merry Ole Soul 1969 · Blue Note Now Hear This 1969 · Blue Note Dedication! 1970 · Prestige

It Could Only Happen With You 1974

Bags Groove 1991

I Don't Care Who Knows It 1996

Also plays on

Albums where Duke Pearson is credited as a sideman

1960	Byrd in Flight — Donald Byrd	piano
1960	Fuego — Donald Byrd	piano
1960	At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 — Donald Byrd with Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson & Lex Humphries	piano
1961	At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 — Donald Byrd with Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, Lex Humphries	piano
1962	The Cat Walk — Donald Byrd	piano
1963	A New Perspective — Donald Byrd	arranger
1964	Little Johnny C — Johnny Coles	piano
1965	I’m Tryin’ to Get Home — Donald Byrd	arranger, producer
1966	Minor Mishap — Freddie Hubbard	piano
1966	Rough ’n’ Tumble — Stanley Turrentine	arranger
1966	The Spoiler — Stanley Turrentine	arranger
1967	Lush Life — Lou Donaldson	arranger
1967	Boss Horn — Blue Mitchell	arranger
1968	Speak Like a Child — Herbie Hancock	producer
1968	Total Eclipse — Bobby Hutcherson	producer
1968	Heads Up! — Blue Mitchell	arranger
1968	Manhattan Fever — Frank Foster	liner notes, producer
1969	The Prisoner — Herbie Hancock	producer
1969	Fancy Free — Donald Byrd	electric piano, producer
1970	Electric Byrd — Donald Byrd	electric piano, producer
1970	Now! — Bobby Hutcherson	producer
1970	Thousand Finger Man — Candido	producer
1971	San Francisco — Bobby Hutcherson featuring Harold Land	producer
1974	Moto Grosso Feio — Wayne Shorter	producer
1976	Cosmos — McCoy Tyner	producer
1976	Together Again for the Last Time — Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt	producer
1979	A Slice of the Top — Hank Mobley	arranger
1979	Spiral — Bobby Hutcherson	producer
1980	Thinking of Home — Hank Mobley	producer
1980	Mr. Natural — Stanley Turrentine	producer