Duke Pearson

Duke Pearson
Background information
Birth nameColumbus Calvin Pearson Jr.
Born(1932-08-17)August 17, 1932
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S
DiedAugust 4, 1980(1980-08-04) (aged 47)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
InstrumentPiano
Years active1950s–1980
Labels

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]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1928. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Duke Pearson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2019.