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Johnny Răducanu
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Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Johnny Răducanu, and connects out to Bucharest, New Orleans and Louis Armstrong.
It is catalogued under topics including 1931 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century Romanian pianists.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Țara lui Johnny
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Romania
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,077
- Total plays
- 9,631
Tags
Johnny Răducanu (born December 1, 1931, in Brăila) is a Romanian Jazz pianist, of Roma (gypsy) ethnicity, whose family has a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century. He started playing the double bass at the age of 19; however, his instrument of choice is the piano. Among his countless collaborations outside Romania were those with Art Farmer (trumpet) and Slide Hampton (trombone), as well as Friedrich Gulda (piano) and Guido Manusardi (piano). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Crețu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Brăila
- Place of death
- Bucharest
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Electrecord
- Image
- Johnny Răducanu.jpg
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- date of death
- 2011-09-19
- date of birth
- 1931-12-01
- Commons category
- Johnny Răducanu
- cause of death
- disease
- partner in business or sport
- Corneliu Stroe
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Răducan Crețu
- pseudonym
- Johnny Răducanu
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