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Birth name | Columbus Calvin Pearson Jr. |
Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S | August 17, 1932
Died | August 4, 1980 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S | (aged 47)
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Instrument | Piano |
Years active | 1950s–1980 |
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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]