| LC control no. | no 91023113 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shirley, Don, 1927-2013 |
| Variant(s) | Shirley, Donald, 1927-2013 Shirley, Donald Walbridge, 1927-2013 Walbridge, Don, 1927-2013 Walbridge, Donald, 1927-2013 |
| See also | Corporate body: Don Shirley Trio |
| Birth date | 19270119 |
| Death date | 20130406 |
| Place of birth | Pensacola (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianist Composer |
| Found in | Don Shirley Trio in concert [SR] 1968: labels (Don Shirley) container (pianist, composer; Ph.D. in psychology) Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians, 1982 (Shirley (né Walbridge), Donald ("Don"); b. 1-29-27, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies; jazz/concert pianist) New York times (online), viewed Apr. 29, 2013 (in obituary published Apr. 28: Donald Shirley; b. Donald Walbridge Shirley, Jan. 19, 1927, Pensacola, Fla., to Jamaican parents; d. Apr. 6, Manhattan, aged 86; pianist and composer who gathered classical music with jazz and other forms of popular music under a singular umbrella after being discouraged from pursuing a classical career because he was black) |
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