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Horace Parlan
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Vinony files it under 1931 births, 2017 deaths and American emigrants to Denmark.
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Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American hard bop and post-bop piano player. He is noted for his contributions to the classic Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots, a.o.. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1931, in his birth year Parlan was stricken with polio, resulting in the partial crippling of his right hand. The handicap, though, has contributed to his development of a particularly "pungent" left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Korsør
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Enja Records
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- date of birth
- 1931-01-19
- date of death
- 2017-02-23
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