Wynton Kelly

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composer human jazz pianist musician

Wynton Kelly was an influential American jazz pianist known for his swinging, blues-inflected style and his work with Miles Davis and other bebop and hard bop greats.

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Label Occurrences
Wynton Kelly canonical 16
Larry Young 1
Wynton 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
associatedAct Art Blakey ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Charles Mingus ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
Miles Davis Sextet ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
collaboratedWith Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-12-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-04-12 ⓘ
familyName Kelly ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Wynton Kelly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wynton
influenced later jazz pianists ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
memberOf Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
Miles Davis Sextet ⓘ
Wynton Kelly Trio ⓘ
movement bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
name Wynton Kelly self-link ⓘ
notableFor accompaniment work with Miles Davis ⓘ
swinging, blues-inflected piano style ⓘ
notableWork piano solo on "Freddie Freeloader" ⓘ
occupation jazz musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
performedOn album "Kelly Blue" ⓘ
album "Kelly at Midnight" ⓘ
Kind of Blue ⓘ
surface form: album "Kind of Blue"

Smokin’ at the Half Note ⓘ
surface form: album "Smokin' at the Half Note"

album "Someday My Prince Will Come" ⓘ
album "Wynton Kelly!" ⓘ
track "Freddie Freeloader" ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
styleCharacteristic blues-inflected phrasing ⓘ
crisp, rhythmic comping ⓘ
strong sense of swing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kind of Blue → featuredMusician → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Jimmy Smith → influenced → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Larry Young
Someday My Prince Will Come → notableRecordingBy → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Paul Chambers → collaboratedWith → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Hank Mobley → associatedAct → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
So What → featuredMusician → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Freddie Freeloader → featuresPerformer → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Freddie Freeloader → pianistOnRecording → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Flamenco Sketches → performer → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Wynton Kelly → name → Wynton Kelly self-link ⓘ
Wynton Kelly → givenName → Wynton Kelly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wynton
Jimmy Cobb → performedWith → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Jimmy Cobb → recordedWith → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Mulgrew Miller → influencedBy → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? → hasNotablePerformer → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
subject surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
Willow Weep for Me → notableRecordingBy → Wynton Kelly ⓘ
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Wynton Kelly ⓘ