Duke Pearson – Biografia, discografia e strumenti

Biografia

Duke Pearson è stato un musicista jazz (pianoforte). Nato il 17 agosto 1932 a Atlanta, morto il 4 agosto 1980 a Atlanta. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz e hard bop. Etichette: Blue Note. La discografia qui comprende 15 album, da «Profile» (1959) a «I Don't Care Who Knows It» (1996).

Columbus Calvin Pearson Jr, detto Duke (Atlanta, 17 agosto 1932 – Atlanta, 4 agosto 1980), è stato un pianista e compositore statunitense di musica jazz. Dallo stile pianistico sofisticato e minimale originato dalla scuola di Hank Jones, fu anche l'accompagnatore al piano di Carmen McRae e Joe Williams e il creatore di alcune memorabili composizioni riprese da diversi jazzisti, fra le quali si ricordano Cristo Redentor per Donald Byrd, Sweet Honey Bee per Lee Morgan e Jeannine, tutte divenute degli standard.

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

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

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Album in cui Duke Pearson compare come 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