Facts: - instrument: piano - death place: austin , texas , us - years active: 1962 -- 1999 - death date: 21 october 1999 - genre: jazz , soul , funk - birth date: 01 october 1941 - name: lamont johnson - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: new york city , ny , us - associated acts: jackie mclean , scotty holt - occupation: pianist record label owner film producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lamont johnson .
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lamont johnson -lrb- october 1 , 1941 -- october 21 , 1999 -rrb- was an american jazz pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres .he recorded extensively with jackie mclean during the 1960s as well as with ornette coleman , kenny burrell , bud shank , paul beaver , and bernie krause , among others .