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Perri Lee
Perri (aka Perry) Blackwell (*1925) was a jazz organist and pianist. She majored in
music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Southern University at
Scotlandville, LA. In the 1940s she played piano with several bands on the west coast.
In the mid 1950s she started playing the organ. She also sang, including a duet with
Doris Day in the film "Pillow Talk". As a classically trained pianist and a self taught
organist, she was a featured performer at the Parisian Room in Los Angeles for seven years.
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Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass Atlantic SD 1395 released 1962 recorded July 1962 in New York City/USA |
Sonny Stitt, alto sax Joe Benjamin, bass Jimmy Cleveland, trombone Matthew Gee, trombone Blue Mitchell, trumpet Dick Vance, trumpet Reunald Jones, trumpet Willie Ruff, French horn Perri Lee, organ Duke Jordan, piano Philly Joe Jones, drums Frank Brown, drums |
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