Carl Perkins
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American jazz pianist
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- Bachelors Jazz Studies Juilliard School
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Carl Perkins was an American jazz pianist. Biography Perkins was born in Indianapolis but worked mainly in Los Angeles. He is best remembered for his performances with the Curtis Counce Quintet, which also featured Harold Land, Jack Sheldon and drummer Frank Butler. He also performed with Tiny Bradshaw, Big Jay McNeely in 1948–49, and played dates with Miles Davis in 1950. Following a short stint in the Army , he worked intermittently with the Oscar Moore Trio and the Clifford Brown–Max Roach group in 1954. He recorded with Frank Morgan in 1955, and with his own group in 1956. Perkins composed the standard "Grooveyard".
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