George Wallington

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1923-10-27

Active to

1993-02-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

6,395

Total plays

31,809

George Wallington (born Giacinto Figlia, October 27, 1924, Palermo, Sicily - Cape Coral, Miami, February 15, 1993) was a highly regarded American bop pianist and composer. From 1943 to 1953 he played with Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Marsala, Charlie Parker, Serge Chaloff, Allan Eager, Kai Winding, Terry Gibbs, Brew Moore, Al Cohn, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Red Rodney, and Lionel Hampton, and recorded as a leader for Savoy and Blue Note (1950). From 1954 to 1960 he led groups in New York that included

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

   · 2007 · cited 79,963x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 48,666x

3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

   · 2015 · cited 40,959x

4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

   · 2015 · cited 27,711x

5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

   · 1961 · cited 23,215x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

George

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Palermo

Place of death

Cape Coral

Occupation

composer

Educated at

Juilliard School

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

music

Genre

jazz

Instrument

piano

Record label

Blue Note

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