Al Viola
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alfred Viola, Albert T. Viola, Amos Huxley, Albert Viola
American musician (1919-2007)
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Vinony's link graph records 69 inbound references to Al Viola, and connects out to World War II, jazz and Frank Sinatra.
It is catalogued under topics including 1919 births, 2007 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- History Social Studies California Teacher's Edition Level 3 - Communities
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Preacherman — Amos Huxley1971
- Some Came Running — Guitarist (uncredited)1958
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 842
- Total plays
- 5,436
Tags
* Born 16 June 1919, Brooklyn, New York * Died 21 February 2007, Studio City, California Al ViolaAl Viola studied guitar and followed jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Oscar Moore before he was drafted in 1941. The Army placed him in a trio with a pianist and bassist, billed as "The Three Sergeants." Page Cavanaugh replaced the original pianist and after discharge, the trio won a recording contract with RCA under his name. Viola settled <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Al+Viola">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Studio City
- Occupation
- actor
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- AlViola07.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1919-06-16
- date of death
- 2007-02-21
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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