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Johnny O'neal at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on December 7, 2017

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Sun, February 25, 2018
11:30 am

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About

JOHNNY O'NEAL

After forty-plus years as a professional pianist, vocalist and entertainer, Johnny O'Neal has earned the title of "master" with fellow musicians and audiences around the world. Highlights of his awe-inspiring career include stints with Ray Brown, Milt Jackson and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, as well as a Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 on solo piano opening for Oscar Peterson and induction into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. There is little wonder he was tapped to play virtuoso pianist Art Tatum in the Academy Award-winning Ray Charles biopic Ray.

While playing with Blakey, he accompanied some of the great jazz divas, including Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McRae. Johnny has also been tapped for appearances by Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Nancy Wilson, Anita O'Day, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Stitt, Benny Golson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Clark Terry, among others. Performances on the festival circuits in Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Israel and South Africa have gained him an international following....

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