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Trudy Pitts

Trained as a musician and a music educator, Pitts studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy, Temple University and Julliard, as well as other institutions. Early work experience included a position as an assistant to the pianist in the Tony Award-winning musical Raisin.

At the end of the musical's tour, she was encouraged by her husband (who had worked with Shirley Scott as a drummer) to continue developing her repertoire.

In 1967, the Boston Globe printed a piece calling her a rising star and complimented her drawbar variations, vibrato shadings, and bass pedal work. Her husband, William Theodore Carney II (born 1925), aka "Mr. C.", often joined her on the drums.

Trudy Pitts eventually went on to play with Ben Webster, Gene Ammons, and Sonny Stitt. She recorded four albums for Prestige Records, appearing with Willis Jackson among others. In 1999, a compilation album of several records was released as Legends of Acid Jazz, Trudy Pitts and Pat Martino. Recent festival appearances include the 11th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in May 2006. On September 15, 2006, Pitts was the first jazz artist play a concert on Philadelphia's Kimmel Center's 7,000 pipe organ, "taking the medium to a whole new level".

In 2008, she again performed on an exceptional organ, this time the Kennedy Center's Filene Organ.

Trudy Pitts died on December 19, 2010, aged 78, from pancreatic cancer.

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Introducing The Fabulous Trudy Pitts Prestige P-7523 released 1967 recorded February 1967 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ Pat Martino, guitar Bill Carney, drums Abdu Johnson, congas
El Hombre Prestige P-7513 released 1967 recorded May 1967 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Pat Martino, guitar Trudy Pitts, organ Danny Turner, flute Mitch Fine, drums Abdu Johnson, congas Vance Anderson, bongos
These Blues Of Mine Prestige P-7538 released 1967 recorded September 1967 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ Pat Martino, guitar Bill Carney, drums Abdu Johnson, congas
A Bucketful Of Soul Prestige P-7560 released 1968 recorded December 1967 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ Wilbert Longmire, guitar Bill Carney, drums
Star Bag Prestige P-7571 released 1968 recorded March 1968 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Willis Jackson, tenor sax Trudy Pitts, organ Wild Bill Jennings, guitar Jimmy Lewis, bass Bobby Donaldson, drums Victor Allende, congas
The Excitement Of Trudy Pitts Prestige P-7583 released 1968 recorded May 1968 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ Wilbert Longmire, guitar Bill Carney, drums
Legends Of Acid Jazz Prestige PRCD-24208-2 compilation recorded February and September 1967 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ, vocals Pat Martino, guitar Bill Carney, drums Abdu Johnson, congas
Live At The Great American Music Hall Doodlin Records DR005 recorded May 2007 in San Francisco, CA/USA	Trudy Pitts, organ Wilbert Longmire, guitar Bill Carney, drums

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