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Peress, Maurice

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Personal name headingPeress, Maurice
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Birth date1930-03-18
Death date2017-12-31
Place of birthManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationConductors (Music) Jazz musicians
Found inThe Birth of Rhapsody in blue [SR] p1987: label (Maurice Peress, conductor)
Int. ww in mus., 17th ed. (Peress, Maurice; b. Mar. 18, 1930, New York; conductor, trumpeter)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 4, 2018 (Maurice Peress; b. March 18, 1930, Manhattan; d. there Dec. 31 [2017], aged 87; conductor who worked closely with both Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, and whose twin passions for jazz and classical music were reflected in his penchant for reconstructing important concerts from the past)