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Horace Parlan

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(1931-2017) American-Danish jazz pianist

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Person
Country
US
Active from
1931-01-19
Active to
2017-02-23

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Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American hard bop and post-bop piano player. He is noted for his contributions to the classic Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots, a.o.. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1931, in his birth year Parlan was stricken with polio, resulting in the partial crippling of his right hand. The handicap, though, has contributed to his development of a particularly "pungent" left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Danish Realm
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Place of death
Korsør
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
Danish
Field of work
jazz
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Record label
Enja Records
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date of birth
1931-01-19
date of death
2017-02-23
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