death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name
4 august 1980 atlanta , georgia 1950s -- 1980 atlanta , georgia , united states blue note atlantic duke pearson non_vocal_instrumentalist 17 august 1932 piano hard big band bop soul jazz jazz pop post bop progressive duke pearson
 columbus calvin pearson , jr
duke pearson

columbus calvin `` duke '' pearson , jr -lrb- atlanta , georgia , august 17 , 1932 -- atlanta , august 4 , 1980 -rrb- was an american jazz pianist and composer .
`` allmusic '' notes him as being a `` big part in shaping the blue note label 's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer . ''
