Lafayette Leake
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It is catalogued under topics including 1919 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century American male pianists.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-06-01
- Active to
- 1990-08-14
Discography
- Easy Blues1978
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Lafayette Leake (June 1, 1919 - August 14, 1990) was a blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer who played for Chess Records as a session musician, and as a member of the Big Three Trio, during the formative years of Chicago blues. He played piano on many of Chuck Berry's recordings. Leake was born in Winona, Missouri in 1920. Information about his early years is sparse, but in the early 1950s he joined the Big Three Trio replacing Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston and began his associat
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Winona
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- pianist
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Black & Blue
- Image
- Lafayette Leake.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1919-06-01
- date of death
- 1990-08-14
- cause of death
- diabetes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Lafayette Leake
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