Hal Galper

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Harold "Hal" Galper (born April 18, 1938 in Salem ) is an American jazz pianist .

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From the age of six, Galper took piano lessons and only learned classical piano from 1945 to 1948, but switched to jazz, which he studied from 1955 to 1958 at the Berklee College of Music . During this time he also received private lessons from Jaki Byard and Herb Pomeroy . He played in Pomeroy's band, and later with Chet Baker and Stan Getz . He also accompanied vocalists Joe Williams , Anita O'Day and Chris Connor . Hal Galper was also part of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet (as successor to George Duke ), played with Lee Konitz from 1975 and was involved as a pianist on Tony Williams' album Now Hear This , on which Cecil McBee , bass, and Terumasa Hino , flugelhorn and Trumpet. In the late 1970s he made guest appearances in the clubs of New York and Chicago. During this time he recorded some albums for Enja with John Scofield . A better known one from the 1980s is Ivory Forest . In 1987 he was a member of the Phil Woods quintet . He also had groups of his own in the 1980s and toured with a permanent trio during the 1990s. In 2012 his album Airegin Revisited was released on Origin Records .

Galper Bud Powell is one of his musical role models .

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SURNAME Galper, Hal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Galper, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem