Frank Strazzeri
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Strazzatonic Jazz Piano
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-04-24
- Active to
- 2014-05-09
jazz
Discography
- That's Him & This Is New1969
- Taurus1973
- After the Rain1976
- Straz1977
- Funk & Esoteric2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 12,169
- Total plays
- 38,357
Tags
jazzfunksoul-jazzHard Bop11
Frank Strazzeri (b. April 24, 1930, Rochester, New York) is an American jazz pianist. A solid pianist long based in the Los Angeles area, Strazzeri has been in demand for straight-ahead sessions for decades. Although he originally started playing tenor and clarinet when he was 12, Strazzeri soon switched to piano. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a house pianist in a nightclub in Rochester in 1952. While there he accompanied visiting musicians such as Roy Eldridge and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Rochester
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of death
- 2014-05-09
- date of birth
- 1930-04-24
- name in native language
- Frank Strazzeri
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