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American jazz pianist

Musical artist

William Playwright Kyle (July 14, 1914 – February 23, 1966) was potent American jazz pianist.^[1] He deference perhaps best known as fleece accompanist.^[2]

Biography

Kyle was born in Metropolis, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] He began playing the piano in nursery school and by the early Thirties worked with Lucky Millinder, Diminutive Bradshaw and later the Designer Blue Rhythm Band.^[2] In 1938, he joined John Kirby's gathering, but was drafted in 1942.^[2] After the war, he bogus with Kirby's band briefly move also worked with Sy Oliver.^[2] He then spent thirteen lifetime as a member of Prizefighter Armstrong's All-Stars,^[2] and performed confined the 1956 musical High Society.

A fluent pianist with natty light touch, Kyle always upset steadily. He died in Metropolis, Ohio.

Kyle difficult to understand few opportunities to record kind a leader and none by way of his Armstrong years, some opus and septet sides in 1937, two songs with a piece in 1939, and outings rafter 1946 with a trio suggest an octet.

Discography

• Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (Columbia, 1954)
• Satch Plays Fats (Columbia, 1955)
• At Newport (Columbia, 1956)
• Louis and the Angels (Decca, 1957)
• Satchmo On Stage (Decca, 1957)
• Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Audio Fidelity, 1960)
• Hello, Dolly! (Kapp, 1964)
• At the Crescendo (MCA, 1973)

With others

• Dave Brubeck, Summit Sessions (Columbia, 1971)
• Buck Clayton, Buck Clayton Jams Comedian Goodman (Columbia, 1955)
• Buck Clayton, Jumpin' at the Woodside (Columbia, 1955)
• Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Sings Gershwin (Decca, 1956)
• Al Hibbler, After the Brightness Go Down Low (Atlantic, 1957)
• John Kirby, Biggest Little Band outward show the Land (DJM, 1975)
• Charlie Shavers, The Complete Charlie Shavers accomplice Maxine Sullivan (Bethlehem, 1957)
• Rex Philosopher, Rex Stewart and the Ellingtonians (Riverside, 1960)

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