| LC control no. | n 94061879 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, Donald (Pianist) |
| Variant(s) | Smith, Donald, 1943-2022 |
| Birth date | 1943-09-04 |
| Death date | 2022-04-09 |
| Place of birth | Richmond (Va.) |
| Place of death | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Music Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Singers Flutists Organists Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Harris, C. Aboriginal affairs [SR] p1983: container (Donald Smith, piano and vocals) Discogs WWW site, January 18, 2023 (Donald Smith; real name: Donald C. Smith; born September 4, 1943, Richmond, Virginia; died April 9, 2022, Riverdale, Bronx, New York City; pianist, organist, and flutist; younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) Amsterdam news WWW site, viewed January 18, 2023 (in obituary dated April 14, 2022: Donald Smith; born Sept. 4, 1943, Richmond, Virginia; died April 9, Riverdale, New York; pianist, singer, and flutist; primarily played straight-ahead jazz but also played in the avant-garde arena; his older brother is the funk/jazz keyboardist and composer Lonnie Liston Smith; joined his brother's Cosmic Echoes group as a vocalist and flautist intermittently from 1975 through the late 1990s; also performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Archie Shepp, Art Blakey, and others; comment added by John Martirano: "My father the avante garde composer Sal Martirano wrote several tunes for Don's unique voice") <https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/04/14/donald-smith-consummate-pianist-dies-at-78/> |
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