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John Josephus Hicks Jr. (December 21, 1941 – May 10, 2006; aged 64) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader of more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300.
Friends Old and New is an album led by pianist John Hicks, recorded in 1992 and released on the Novus Records.

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John Merritt Young (March 16, 1922 – April 16, 2008; aged 86) was an American jazz pianist. Young played with Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter Gordon, and many others. He recorded with his own trio in the 1950s and 1960s, and was a sideman for Von Freeman, Gene Ammons and others.
A Touch of Pepper is an album led by John Young, recorded in Chicago,1962 and released on the Argo label.

Joe Bonner (April 20, 1948 – November 20, 2014; aged 66) was an American jazz pianist. Influenced by McCoy Tyner and Art Tatum, he specialized in the hard bop and modal jazz styles. In the 1970s, he played with Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and Billy Harper, among others.
Suite for Chocolate is an album by Joe Bonner, recorded in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Michel Petrucciani (28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999; aged 36) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation despite his health condition and very short life span.
Michel Plays Petrucciani is a jazz album by Michel Petrucciani,recorded in 1987 and released by the newly reborn Blue Note Records.

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Alan Warren Haig (July 19, 1922 – November 16, 1982; aged 60) was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop. Although Haig is best remembered for playing bebop, he spent much of his career playing in non-jazz contexts. His work was the subject of a revival in the 1970s.
In 1974, Haig was invited to tour Europe by Tony Williams, owner of Spotlite Records in the United Kingdom. At the end of a very successful tour he recorded the Invitation album for Spotlite with Bibi Rovère on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.

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Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018; aged 92) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.
African Cookbook is an album led by Randy Weston, recorded in New York, 1964.

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Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021; aged 79) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered to have been one of the foremost pianists of the post-John Coltrane era.
Early Circle is compilation album by Chick Corea, recorded at A & R Studios, NYC on October 13 (#4-9) and October 19, 1970. Tracks 1 to 9 originally issued in 1975 on Circling In (Blue Note BN-LA472-H2)
Tracks 10 originally issued in 1978 on Circulus (Blue Note BN-LA882-J2) 　♭

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Fritz Pauer ( 14 October, 1943 – July 1, 2012) was an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
Born in Vienna, Pauer began his professional playing career as a teenager, performing with Hans Koller (1960–62) before leading his own ensembles in Berlin. In the 1960s he played with Don Byas, Booker Ervin, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Friedrich Gulda, and Annie Ross.
Blues Inside Out is an album by The Fritz Pauer Trio, recorded March 6th, 1978 in Villingen and released on the MPS Records.

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980; aged 47) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer."
Dedication! is the fourth album attributed to Duke Pearson featuring performances originally recorded in 1961 for the Jazzline label but not released until 1970 on the Prestige label.

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