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| Born: Jun 5, 1932 in New Haven, CT | Avg.User Rating: 2 Ratings |
| Died: Nov 6, 2004 in Pasadena, CA |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Styles: Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz |
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| Biography: A powerful pianist who came to fame on the West Coast in the 1950s, Pete Jolly has been a fixture in Los Angeles for over 40 years. He started on accordion when he was three and began piano when he was eight. He played his first job when he was 12. In 1946, his family moved to Phoenix and the following ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1993 Label: Quartet Critics' Rating:  Pete Jolly and his longtime sidemen (Chuck Berghofer has been his regular bassist since the late '50s while drummer Nick Martinis joined up in 1964) perform 11 standards plus his old hit "Little Bird" ...Read full reviewReleased: 1990 Label: IODA Critics' Rating:  This CD differs from the previous four Studio West releases in that the music was new at the time rather than being drawn from 1962 radio transcriptions. Of the seven musicians on the date, only pianist ...Read full review
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