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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1937-02-15
jazzpost-bop
Discography
- Habiba1974
- Everything Happens to Me1983
- Isotope1983
- First Affairs1987
- Kirk 'n Marcus1987
- 19911991
- From Kirk to Nat1991
- Recycling1993
- Goodbye Mr. Evans1994
- Shorter by Two1995
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,209
- Total plays
- 8,798
Tags
pianojazzjazz pianoPost-Bopkirk lightsey
Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (b. Feb. 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Lightsey had piano instruction from age five and studied piano and clarinet through high school. After service in the Army, Lightsey worked in Detroit and California in the 1960s as an accompanist to singers. He also worked with jazz musicians such as Yusef Lateef, Betty Carter, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, and Kenny Burrell. From 1979 to 1983 he toured with Dexter Gordon an
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kirk
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Kirk Lightsey.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-02-15
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- Kirk Lightsey
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