Pete Jolly
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American musician (1932–2004)
Film & TV
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Peter A. Ceragioli, Jr, known as Pete Jolly was a jazz pianist, accordion player, and composer who wrote television themes and movie soundtracks. He was famous in the 1950s on the American West Coast.
Known for
- Piano Blues — Self2003
- I Want to Live! — Jazz Combo Member1958
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-06-05
- Active to
- 2004-11-06
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- 158,720
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Pete Jolly—born Peter Ceragioli Jr. June 5, 1932, in New Haven, Connecticut; died November 6, 2004, in Pasadena, California—was an American West Coast jazz pianist and accordionist, likely best known for his performance of television themes and various movie soundtracks. He began playing the accordion at age 3, and appeared on the radio program Hobby Lobby at age seven. His composition "Little Bird" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1963 (a minor hit on Fred Astaire's Ava label), and he form
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- cool jazz
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1932-06-05
- date of death
- 2001-11-06
- cause of death
- multiple myeloma
- manner of death
- natural causes
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