FRANK STRAZZERI

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Frank Strazzeri (April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz pianist. He was born in Rochester, New York.

Strazzeri began on tenor saxophone and clarinet at age 12, then switched to piano soon after. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a house pianist in a nightclub in Rochester in 1952. While there he accompanied visiting musicians such as Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday. He relocated to New Orleans in 1954, playing with Sharkey Bonano and Al Hirt in a Dixieland jazz setting, but his main focus since has been bebop. He played with Charlie Ventura in 1957-58 and Woody Herman in 1959 before moving to Los Angeles in 1960. There he worked extensively as a studio musician on the West Coast jazz scene, and toured with Joe Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Les Brown and Elvis Presley!(1971–74). He also played with Elvis Presley in
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FRANK STRAZZERI That's Him & This Is New album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
That's Him & This Is New
Hard Bop 1969
FRANK STRAZZERI Taurus (aka View From Within) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Taurus (aka View From Within)
Fusion 1973
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Frames
Fusion 1975
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After The Rain
Fusion 1976
FRANK STRAZZERI Straz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Straz
Fusion 1977
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Relaxin'
Hard Bop 1980
FRANK STRAZZERI Make Me Rainbows album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Make Me Rainbows
Hard Bop 1987
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Kat Dancing
Hard Bop 1987
FRANK STRAZZERI I Remember You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Remember You
Hard Bop 1989
FRANK STRAZZERI Little Giant album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Little Giant
Hard Bop 1991
FRANK STRAZZERI Wood Winds West album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wood Winds West
Post Bop 1992
FRANK STRAZZERI Frank's Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Frank's Blues
Hard Bop 1992
FRANK STRAZZERI Moon and Sand album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Moon and Sand
Hard Bop 1993
FRANK STRAZZERI Somebody Loves Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Somebody Loves Me
Hard Bop 1994
FRANK STRAZZERI Thank For You, A Tribute To Bud Powell album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Thank For You, A Tribute To Bud Powell
Hard Bop 1994
FRANK STRAZZERI Nobody Else But Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nobody Else But Me
Post Bop 1997
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Funk and Esoteric
Post Bop 2000

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Live In France
Hard Bop 2002

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FRANK STRAZZERI Strazzatonic : Taurus - Frames - View from Within album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strazzatonic : Taurus - Frames - View from Within
Fusion 2016

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