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Also known as Alan Warren Haig

American pianist (1922-1982)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1924-07-22
Active to
1982-11-16
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Alan Warren Haig (19th July 1924–16th November 1982) was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop. Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1944, and performed and recorded under Gillespie from 1944 to 1946, as a member of Eddie Davis and His Beboppers in 1946 (also featuring Fats Navarro), and the Eddie Davis Quintet in 1947, under Parker from 1948 to 1950, and under Stan Getz from 1949 to 1951. <a href="http

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www.jazzdisco.org/haig
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date of birth
1922-01-01
date of death
1982-01-01
start of work period
1944-00-00
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