Clarence Profit (June 26, 1912 – October 22, 1944)
was a
jazz
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pianist and composer associated with
swing.
Profit was born in
New York, United States.
He came from a musical family and began studying piano at the age of three, and he led a ten-piece band in New York City in his teens.
A visit to his grandparents in
Antigua resulted in his staying in the Caribbean for five years.
He also led a group in
Bermuda
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. He returned to the US and led his own trio, which was noted as "a format which best suited his powerful stride piano style".
He co-composed "Lullaby In Rhythm" with
Edgar Sampson
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He was respected in his era, but after his early death fell into obscurity.
He died in New York in October 1944, at the age of 32.
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AllMusic
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External links
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1912 births
1944 deaths
American jazz pianists
American male pianists
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
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