BEEGIE ADAIR
Genres: Cool Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Vocal Jazz • United States

Bobbe Gorin "Beegie" Adair (née Long, December 11, 1937 – January 23, 2022) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. In a career that spanned sixty years, she played on over 100 recordings. More than a third of these were with her Beegie Adair Trio. Adair was born in Cave City, Kentucky, on December 11, 1937. Her parents, Bobbe (Martin) Long and Arthur Long, owned and operated a gas station. She started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Caverna High School, graduating in 1954. She studied music education at Western Kentucky University, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1958. Adair then worked as a music teacher for children over the next three years, before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1961. During the summer of 1961, Adair began playing in Printer's Alley and became a member of a jazz band headed by Hank Garland. She was subsequently employed as read more...