Alan Broadbent
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-04-23
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Cities and the Constitution
- Urban nation
- Five good ideas
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Alan Broadbent (born April 23, 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a jazz pianist, arranger and composer most notable for his work with artists such as Woody Herman, Diane Schuur, Chet Baker, Irene Kral, Sheila Jordan, Charlie Haden, Warne Marsh, Bud Shank, and many others. He studied piano and music theory in his own country, but in the 1960s came to the US to study at the Berklee College of Music. In the 1970s he did both classical and jazz work, but from the eighties on he became noted for acc
Key dates
- Born
- 23 April 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leonard
- Family name
- Broadbent
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Auckland
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Student of
- Lennie Tristano
- Genre
- jazz fusion
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1947 births20th-century New Zealand musicians21st-century New Zealand pianistsBerklee College of Music alumniGrammy Award winnersLiving peopleMembers of the New Zealand Order of MeritMusicians from AucklandNew Zealand expatriates in the United StatesNew Zealand jazz pianistsNew Zealand music arrangersUse New Zealand English from May 2015