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(1903-1983)
A contemporary, collaborator and sometime rival of Louis Armstrong, Pennsylvania-born pianist Earl Hines was admired for his exuberant style and technical virtuosity. He became a jazz star in Chicago during the 1920s, working with clarinetist Jimmie Noone and Armstrong. As a bandleader, Hines held a long residence at Chicago’s famed club, the Grand Terrace. In the 1940s, Hines led a band that featured many of the bebop movement’s great future stars, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan and Wardell Grey. A musicians’ union ban prevented the group from recording while it was together. Hines rejoined the Armstrong fold once more before striking out on his own in 1951, touring and recording until he died in 1983.
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