Duke Pearson

American jazz pianist (1932–1980)

Person human Q1184976

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: August 17, 1932
Date of death: August 4, 1980
Place of birth: Atlanta
Place of death: Atlanta
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: composer, pianist, jazz musician, record producer, recording artist, musician^[12]
Educated at: Clark Atlanta University^[13]
Genre: jazz, hard bop^[15]^[16]
Discography: Duke Pearson discography^[18]
Family name: Pearson^[19]
Given name: Duke^[20]
Instrument: piano^[21]
Place of burial: South-View Cemetery^[10]
Record label: Blue Note^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

en Duke Pearson ar ديوك بيرسون cs Columbus Calvin Pearson ja デューク・ピアソン ja デューク・パーソン ko 콜럼버스 캘빈 피어슨 ko 듀크 피어슨 uk Дюк Пірсон uk Колумбус Келвін Пірсон, мол.

🔖 Identifiers · 36

ISNI: 000000005515186X
VIAF cluster ID: 76501134
Library of Congress authority ID: n88646344
GND ID: 134672380
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000148559
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 138983206
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 76803
Deezer artist ID: 66073
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134672380
Discogs artist ID: 29955
Europeana entity: agent/base/68279
FAST ID: 1485693

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Find a Grave memorial ID: 5861317
Freebase ID: /m/042cdz
GTAA ID: 258808
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000036858554046
Grove Music Online ID: J349300
IdRef ID: 198229216
KANTO ID: 000197771
MusicBrainz artist ID: ea39ae7d-5498-4f26-992b-7cf3390253ed
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000084593
NL CR AUT ID: ola2002158201
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007319431605171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000067782
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810532672405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1537273
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071983112
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100313849
Rate Your Music artist ID: duke_pearson
SBN author ID: UBOV671766
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 3012
Tidal artist ID: 13478
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000214596
WikiTree person ID: Pearson-14534
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhRFkDhjkHwgVcTyPyfMP
Yale LUX ID: person/0eaa8488-870f-47c9-a270-74911f65d986

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 12

Angel Eyes, At the Half Note Cafe, Volume 2, Dedication!, I Don't Care Who Knows It, Merry Ole Soul, Prairie Dog, Profile, Sweet Honey Bee +4 more

Occupation 5

composer, record producer, pianist, jazz musician, recording artist

Genre 2

jazz, hard bop

← Producer 2

Speak Like a Child, Odyssey of Iska

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Clark Atlanta University

Family name 1

Pearson

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

piano

Place of birth 1

Atlanta

Place of death 1

Atlanta

Record label 1

Blue Note

Sex or gender 1

male

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Albums produced by Duke Pearson

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Summary

Duke Pearson was born on August 17, 1932^[1], in Atlanta^[2]. He died on August 4, 1980^[3], in Atlanta^[4]. He worked as a composer^[5], pianist^[6], jazz musician^[7], record producer^[8], and recording artist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Duke Pearson born?

Duke Pearson was born in Atlanta^[2].

Where did Duke Pearson die?

Duke Pearson passed away in Atlanta^[4].

What did Duke Pearson do for work?

Duke Pearson worked as a composer^[5], pianist^[6], jazz musician^[7], record producer^[8], and recording artist^[9].

Where did Duke Pearson go to school?

Duke Pearson was educated at Clark Atlanta University^[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Duke Pearson — place of birth (P19): Atlanta. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Duke Pearson — place of death (P20): Atlanta. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Duke Pearson — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Duke Pearson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Duke Pearson — educated at (P69): Clark Atlanta University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): pianist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): recording artist. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Duke Pearson — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Duke Pearson — place of burial (P119): South-View Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-10. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Duke Pearson — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Duke Pearson — genre (P136): hard bop. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Duke Pearson — record label (P264): Blue Note. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Duke Pearson — discography (P358): Duke Pearson discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Duke Pearson — date of birth (P569): August 17, 1932. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Duke Pearson — date of death (P570): August 4, 1980. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Duke Pearson — family name (P734): Pearson. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Duke Pearson — given name (P735): Duke. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Duke Pearson — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.

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5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 66073

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5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 13478

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Aliases → —

Genre → jazz, hard bop

Instrument → piano

Record label → —

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