JOE ALBANY

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Joseph Albani, known as Joe Albany (January 24, 1924 – January 12, 1988) was an American jazz pianist. He was among the few white pianists to have played bebop with Charlie Parker. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he had studied piano as a child and, by 1943, he was working on the West Coast in Benny Carter's orchestra. In 1946 he was playing with Parker and also Miles Davis. He continued for a few years afterward, and was on an album by Warne Marsh album in 1958. Despite that, most of the 1950s and 1960s saw him battling a heroin addiction, or living in seclusion in Europe. He also had several unsuccessful marriages in the period. He returned to jazz in the 1970s and produced a few albums. He died in New York City. He was the focus of a documentary in 1980 titled Joe Albany ... A Jazz Life and read more...
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JOE ALBANY The Right Combination album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Right Combination
Bop 1957
JOE ALBANY The Legendary Pianist album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Legendary Pianist
Bop 1957
JOE ALBANY Proto-Bopper album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Proto-Bopper
Bop 1972
JOE ALBANY At Home (aka At Home Alone) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Home (aka At Home Alone)
Bop 1972
JOE ALBANY Joe Albany & Joe Venuti album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Joe Albany & Joe Venuti
Bop 1974
JOE ALBANY Two's Company album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Two's Company
Bop 1974
JOE ALBANY This Is For Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This Is For Friends
Bop 1976
JOE ALBANY The Albany Touch album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Albany Touch
Bop 1977
JOE ALBANY Plays George Gershwin & Burton Lane album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays George Gershwin & Burton Lane
Bop 1977
JOE ALBANY Bird Lives! (aka Now's The Time) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bird Lives! (aka Now's The Time)
Bop 1979
JOE ALBANY The Legendary Joe Albany album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Legendary Joe Albany
Bop 1981
JOE ALBANY Portrait of An Artist album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Portrait of An Artist
Bop 1982
JOE ALBANY Portrait of a Legend - Unissued 1966 Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Portrait of a Legend - Unissued 1966 Sessions
Bop 2001
JOE ALBANY Epiphany album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Epiphany
Bop 2003

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JOE ALBANY Birdtown Birds - Recorded Live At Montmartre album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Birdtown Birds - Recorded Live At Montmartre
Bop 1973
JOE ALBANY Live In Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Paris
Bop 2004
JOE ALBANY An Evening with Joe Albany album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening with Joe Albany
Bop 2015

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