Mick Pyne (2 September 1940, in

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– 23 May 1995, in London) was an English

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pianist. His brother was jazz musician Chris Pyne. He learned piano from a very early age and could also play cornet and violin. He and his brother Chris formed their own band as teenagers before Mick moved to London from 1959 to 1961. He played briefly with

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in 1962, then played U.S. military bases in France, in addition to working with

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, from 1962 to 1963. Returning to London at the end of 1963, Pyne worked in the 1960s with John Stevens,

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, and extensively with

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, in addition to doing European tours with Stan Getz,

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, Lee Konitz, Hank Mobley, and Joe Williams. In the 1970s he worked with Hayes as well as with

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, John Eardley and

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. In the 1980s Pyne's associations included

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, Adelaide Hall, Keith Smith and Charlie Watts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyne, Mick English jazz pianists 1940 births 1995 deaths 20th-century pianists