| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - His great love was jazz and by the age of 12 he was a virtuoso pianist jamming with visiting jazzmen and forming his own trio in his teens with Oscar Moore, guitar and Wesley Prince, bass, which brought him instant fame and fortune.He became lifelong friends with such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Sarah Vaughn.
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