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Earl "Fatha" Hines | |
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 Hines in 1936 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Earl Kenneth Hines |
| Born | December 28, 1903 Duquesne, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1983 (aged 79) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, swing |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1920s–1983 |
| Labels | Columbia, Brunswick, Fantasy, Capitol, RCA Victor, Impulse!, Verve, Delmark, Black & Blue, Black Lion, Chiaroscuro |
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha"[nb 1] Hines (December 28, 1903[nb 2] – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".[1]
The trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (a member of Hines's big band, along with Charlie Parker) wrote,
The piano is the basis of modern harmony. This little guy came out of Chicago, Earl Hines. He changed the style of the piano. You can find the roots of Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, all the guys who came after that. If it hadn't been for Earl Hines blazing the path for the next generation to come, it's no telling where or how they would be playing now. There were individual variations but the style of … the modern piano came from Earl Hines.[2]
The pianist Lennie Tristano said, "Earl Hines is the only one of us capable of creating real jazz and real swing when playing all alone." Horace Silver said, "He has a completely unique style. No one can get that sound, no other pianist."[3] Erroll Garner said, "When you talk about greatness, you talk about Art Tatum and Earl Hines."[4]
Count Basie said that Hines was "the greatest piano player in the world".[5]
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- ^ "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns". PBS.org quoting The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ Gillespie & Fraser 2009, p. 486.
- ^ Pittsburgh Music History. See External Links below.
- ^ Obituary. Daily Telegraph, April 23, 1983. See also Pittsburgh Music History (External Links, below).
- ^ Stanley Dance: liner notes to "Earl Hines at Home": Delmark DD 212. As well as The World of Earl Hines and The World of Duke Ellington, Dance also wrote The World of Count Basie (Da Capo Press, 1985), ISBN 0-306-80245-7. See also Pittsburgh Music History (External Links, below).