Earl Hines

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bandleader composer human jazz pianist

Earl Hines was a pioneering American jazz pianist and bandleader whose innovative "trumpet-style" piano playing helped shape the development of modern jazz.

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Earl Kenneth Hines 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1983 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-12-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-04-22 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Hines ⓘ
fullName Earl Hines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earl Kenneth Hines
genre big band jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
givenName Earl ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Art Tatum ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Teddy Wilson ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor developing trumpet-style right-hand piano lines ⓘ
influencing the development of modern jazz piano ⓘ
leading influential big bands in the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ
movement Chicago jazz ⓘ
name Earl Hines self-link ⓘ
nickname Fatha ⓘ
notableWork A Monday Date ⓘ
Rosetta ⓘ
recordings with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven ⓘ
trumpet-style piano playing ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Duquesne, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
surface form: OKeh Records
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
style stride piano ⓘ
swing piano ⓘ

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Louis Armstrong → associatedAct → Earl Hines ⓘ
West End Blues → featuresPerformer → Earl Hines ⓘ
Earl Hines → fullName → Earl Hines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earl Kenneth Hines
Erroll Garner → influencedBy → Earl Hines ⓘ
Earl Hines → name → Earl Hines self-link ⓘ