Poor Donelian

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Armen Hrant Donelian (born December 1, 1950 in New York City ) is an American modern jazz pianist .

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Donelian, the son of Armenian migrants, had piano lessons from the age of seven. Since 1964 he played Dixieland in the band of Arthur Ryerson while studying at the Westchester Conservatory (until 1968) , while studying at Columbia University (until 1972) he worked as a solo pianist in a restaurant and in the student band of Marc Copland . Then he continued his training privately with Richard Beirach . Then he was a member of the group of Mongo Santamaría until 1976 , where he was involved in the recording of four albums. He then worked with Ray Barretto , Lionel Hampton , Sonny Rollins , Chet Baker , Roy Ayers and Ted Curson . From 1979 to 1983 he played with Billy Harper , with whom he also toured Europe, Japan and the Middle East. In 1981 he founded his own trio with Eddie Gomez or Ron McClure and Billy Hart and the larger formation "Essence". He also worked with Paquito D'Rivera and Dave Liebman ; In 1986 he presented his first solo album “A Reverie”, which was followed by three further solo productions with standards, with his own compositions and with free improvisations. He also worked with Dick Oatts , Anne Marie Moss and Thomas Chapin . From 1988 to 2000 he played in the band Night Ark (with Ara Dinkjian and Arto Tunçboyacıyan ) ethnic jazz . Then he also accompanied the Armenian singer Datevik Hovanesian. Donelian's personal style is shaped by Afro-American music as well as by the chants of the Armenian Church , Armenian folk music and North Indian classical music.

Donelian, who taught at New School University , the Manhattan School of Music and William Paterson University , wrote a hearing school ("Training the Ear"), which was also translated into Japanese.

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SURNAME Donelian, poor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donelian, Armen Hrant (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American modern jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City