Ellis Larkins
b. Ellis Lane Larkins, 15 May 1923, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 29 September 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A child prodigy, Larkins performed on the piano in public at the age of seven, playing Mozart. He attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, then the Juilliard School of Music where he was one of only a few black musicians at that time. To support himself while studying he played clubs in New York and was heard by John Hammond while with the Billy Moore Trio. Hammond booked the trio for the Cafe Society Uptown, with the proviso that Larkins was in the group.
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Albums
- (2005) Manhattan At Midnight
- (2005) Blue And Sentimental
Top Tracks
- A Blues Serenade
- Blue And Sentimental
- Am I Blue
- Blue Moon
- Medley: Manhattan at Midnight Side One
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