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Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Grogan Brackeen, known as JoAnne Brackeen, and born on July 26, 1938 in
Ventura, California, is a jazz pianist and music education. She began playing
piano at age nine and was influenced by Charlie Parker and Bud Powell. At 12,
she performed with her friend Joanne Zerwig. In the late 1950s, she worked with
Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Charles Lloyd, and Charles Brackeen, whom she
married. She moved to New York in 1965 and played with Freddie McCoy, Woody
Shaw, Dave Liebman, and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1969 to 1972. Her
debut album as a leader was Snooze (1975). ...
Over the RainbowJoanne Brackeen and Ravi Coltrane
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StardustJoanne Brackeen
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Come SundayArkadia Jazz All-Stars and Joanne Brackeen
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If I Were a BellJoanne Brackeen
Popsicle Illusion
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Sophisticated LadyArkadia Jazz All-Stars and Joanne Brackeen
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Prelude to a KissJoanne Brackeen
Popsicle Illusion
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