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George Wallington
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- Remarks on the origin, varieties and terminations of idiocy
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George Wallington (born Giacinto Figlia, October 27, 1924, Palermo, Sicily - Cape Coral, Miami, February 15, 1993) was a highly regarded American bop pianist and composer. From 1943 to 1953 he played with Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Marsala, Charlie Parker, Serge Chaloff, Allan Eager, Kai Winding, Terry Gibbs, Brew Moore, Al Cohn, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Red Rodney, and Lionel Hampton, and recorded as a leader for Savoy and Blue Note (1950). From 1954 to 1960 he led groups in New York that included
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Palermo
- Place of death
- Cape Coral
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Blue Note
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- date of birth
- 1924-10-27
- date of death
- 1993-02-15
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
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