Duke Pearson

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Sandalia Dela 03:31 Tools
Xibaba 06:16 Tools
After The Rain 04:46 Tools
The Phantom 10:20 Tools
Chili Peppers 06:58 Tools
Ground Hog 03:07 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee 04:58 Tools
Lamento 00:00 Tools
Stormy 03:34 Tools
Make It Good 06:36 Tools
Black Coffee 00:00 Tools
Gaslight 00:00 Tools
Amanda 09:26 Tools
Big Bertha 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho 01:59 Tools
Wahoo 00:00 Tools
I'm a Fool to Want You 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride 00:00 Tools
Sudel 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Love You 00:00 Tools
Empathy 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) 00:00 Tools
Farewell Machelle 00:00 Tools
Little Drummer Boy - Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Remastering 00:00 Tools
Jingle Bells 00:00 Tools
Bedouin 00:00 Tools
Little Drummer Boy (Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Remastering) 00:00 Tools
The Golden Striker 00:00 Tools
Los Ojos Alegres (The Happy Eyes) 00:00 Tools
Time After Time 00:00 Tools
ESP (Extrasensory Perception) 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 00:00 Tools
Honeybuns 00:00 Tools
Blues for Alvina 03:11 Tools
the fakir 00:00 Tools
Say you're mine 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Bluebird of Happiness 00:00 Tools
Theme From Rosemary's Baby - 1996 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Like Someone In Love 00:00 Tools
On Green Dolphin Street 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron 00:00 Tools
Xibaba - 1996 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
3 A.M. 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres 00:00 Tools
I'M Glad There Is You 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Minor Mishap 00:00 Tools
Rotary 00:00 Tools
Angel Eyes 00:00 Tools
Little Drummer Boy 00:00 Tools
Fly Little Bird Fly 06:13 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 00:00 Tools
New Girl 00:00 Tools
Taboo 00:00 Tools
The Nearness of You 00:00 Tools
Number Five (aka Miss Bertha D. Blues) 00:00 Tools
Theme From Rosemary's Baby 00:00 Tools
New Time Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Gate City Blues 00:00 Tools
When Sunny Gets Blue 00:00 Tools
The Moana Surf 00:00 Tools
Soulin' 00:00 Tools
Two Mile Run 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Cristo Redentor 00:00 Tools
Witchcraft 00:00 Tools
Prairie Dog 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Hush-A-Bye 00:00 Tools
Little Waltz 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers - 1994 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits 00:00 Tools
christo redentor 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Los Ojos Alegres 00:00 Tools
Jeannine 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Lol Malos Hombres (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Ground Hog - Digitally Remastered 96 00:00 Tools
Apothegm 00:00 Tools
Make It Good - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Mississippi Dip 00:00 Tools
Lex 00:00 Tools
I'm an Old Cowhand 00:00 Tools
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 00:00 Tools
Here's That Rainy Day 00:00 Tools
It Could Only Happen With You 00:00 Tools
Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar) 00:00 Tools
Minor League 00:00 Tools
Xibaba (1996 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Straight Up And Down 00:00 Tools
Disapproachment 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
A Taste Of Honey 00:00 Tools
Bunda Aterala 00:00 Tools
When Sonny Gets Blue 00:00 Tools
The Fakir (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Ready When You Are C.B. 00:00 Tools
Stella by Starlight 00:00 Tools
Exodus 00:00 Tools
Tone's For Joan's Bones 00:00 Tools
ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel 00:00 Tools
Hermeto 00:00 Tools
Is That So? (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
How Insensitive 00:00 Tools
Clara 00:00 Tools
Little Song 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Days Of Wine And Roses 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 00:00 Tools
Old Fashioned Christmas 00:00 Tools
Bags Groove 00:00 Tools
Bag's Groove 00:00 Tools
You Know I Care 00:00 Tools
Jeannine (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
O Little Town Of Bethlehem 00:00 Tools
Wassail Song 00:00 Tools
Tears 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Like Someone In Love (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Theme From Rosemary's Baby - Remastered 1995 00:00 Tools
Make It Good (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering; 2004 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Canto Ossanha 00:00 Tools
Give Me Your Love 00:00 Tools
Is That So? 00:00 Tools
Heavy Legs 00:00 Tools
A Beautiful Friendship 00:00 Tools
After The Rain - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Emily 00:00 Tools
I Don't Care Who Knows It 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Our Love 00:00 Tools
Bags Groove (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 00:00 Tools
Exodus (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Prairie Dog (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Bloos 00:00 Tools
Book's Bossa 00:00 Tools
Ground Hog (Digitally Remastered 96) 00:00 Tools
Tones For Joan's Bones 00:00 Tools
Captain Bicardi 00:00 Tools
Gaslight - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Wahoo - 1988 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Go Tell It On The Mountain 00:00 Tools
Angel Eyes (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Rotary (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Horn In 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (take 4) 00:00 Tools
Lost In The Stars 00:00 Tools
3 a M 00:00 Tools
After the Rain - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Soulin' (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Rotary - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
After the Rain (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Little Waltz (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
The Days of Wine and Roses 00:00 Tools
Hush-A-Bye (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Make It Good - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Sudel - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know 00:00 Tools
Gira, Girou (Round And Round) 00:00 Tools
Number Five 00:00 Tools
Byrds Fly High 00:00 Tools
Empathy - 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering; 2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Honeybuns (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Chilli Peppers 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Heavy Legs (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Theme From Rosemary's Baby (1996 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
New Girl (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Our Love (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Xibaba - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Tears (Razao De Viva) 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres (Alternate Take) (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
Dialogo 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired Cryin' over You 00:00 Tools
Once I Loved (O Amor En Paz) 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers (1994 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Dad Digs Mom (And Mom Digs Dad) 00:00 Tools
You Know I Care (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Fakir 00:00 Tools
Sandelia Dela 00:00 Tools
Sudel (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
アイム・ア・フール・トゥ・ウォント・ユー 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cowhand (Take 5) 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
After The Rain - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Child's Play 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Sweet Slumber 00:00 Tools
I'm a Fool to Want To 00:00 Tools
Nearness of You 00:00 Tools
Out Of This World 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
After The Rain (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Wahoo! 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cowhand (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
Hush! 00:00 Tools
O Amor En Paz (Once I Loved) 00:00 Tools
Smoothie 00:00 Tools
Give Me Some Love 00:00 Tools
Empathy (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
O Amor Em Paz 00:00 Tools
Friday's Child 00:00 Tools
O Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) [With Airto Moreira & Stella Mars] 00:00 Tools
How Insensitive (Insensalez) 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
On A Green Dolphin Street 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits(O Meu Amor Espera) 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Bags' Groove 00:00 Tools
Bonde Amarelo (Little Yellow Streetcar) 00:00 Tools
Rotary - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] 00:00 Tools
Gaslight (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Go Tell It on a Mountain 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron - Rudy Van Gelder Edition 00:00 Tools
O Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres - Remastered 00:00 Tools
For All We Know 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Go Tell It To The Mountain 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Empathy (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sudel - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I See Your Face Before Me 00:00 Tools
Beguine 00:00 Tools
Hush - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Sudel - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Black Coffee (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2003 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Remastering) 00:00 Tools
Is That So 00:00 Tools
Make It Good (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mind 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Angel Eyes - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Scrap Iron - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) 00:00 Tools
Gira Girou (Round And Round) 00:00 Tools
Empathy - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Groovin' For Nat 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel - Alternatetake 00:00 Tools
Bags' Groove (take 1) 00:00 Tools
Ready When You Are C. B. 00:00 Tools
Gaslight - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Wahoo (1988 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'm an Old Cow Hand - Alternatetake 00:00 Tools
Amanda - 1988 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
My Love Waits [O Meu Amor Espera] 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Child's Play - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Smoothie - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine - Alternatetake 00:00 Tools
Moana Surf 00:00 Tools
Empathy - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine [Take 4] 00:00 Tools
Out of This World - Remastered 00:00 Tools
3am 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine(Alt.Take) 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cow Hand(Alt.Take) 00:00 Tools
3 A.M 00:00 Tools
Sandália Dela 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel(Alt.Take) 00:00 Tools
Groovin' for Nat - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Upa Neguinho (1996 Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
Ground Hog ['Long Island Wildin''] 00:00 Tools
Friday's Child - Remastered 00:00 Tools
After The Rain - 1993 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
(d1) xibaba 00:00 Tools
Prairie Dog - LP Version 00:00 Tools
I'm Fool To Want You 00:00 Tools
Hush 00:00 Tools
ESP 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres - Alternate Take;2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Time After Time-Duke Pearson 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering;2004 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
Duke Pearson / Xibaba 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Bluebird 00:00 Tools
Once I Loved 00:00 Tools
Honeybuns - LP Version 00:00 Tools
3 AM 00:00 Tools
I`m Glad There Is You 00:00 Tools
Idle Moment's 00:00 Tools
How Insensitive (Insensatez) 00:00 Tools
Upa, Neguinho 00:00 Tools
Is That So? - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Two Mile Run - Rudy Van Gelder Edition/1998 Digital Remaster/24 Bit Mastering 00:00 Tools
Rotary (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Happy Eyes 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2003 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2003 Digital 00:00 Tools
You Know I Care - LP Version 00:00 Tools
ザ・ゴールデン・ストライカー 00:00 Tools
Angel Eyes (feat. Donald Byrd & Johnny Coles) 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (alt) 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel (alt) 00:00 Tools
Sudel (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
ESP (Extra Sensory Preception) 00:00 Tools
Like Someone In Love - Rudy Van Gelder Edition 00:00 Tools
Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz) 00:00 Tools
New Girl - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Gaslight - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Captain Bacardi 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee (LP Sweet Honey Bee '66) 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers - 1994 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Gira Girou 00:00 Tools
Gaslight (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Little Johnny C 00:00 Tools
Amanda - 1988 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Old Fashioned Christmas (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
Phantom 00:00 Tools
Child's Play - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Hush! - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
le carrousel [alt. take] 00:00 Tools
On Green Dolphn Street 00:00 Tools
Bunda Amarela (Little Yellow Streetcar) 00:00 Tools
I'm an Old Cowhand (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
The Fakir - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Our Love - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Sandalia 00:00 Tools
Theme from Rosemary's Baby [#][*] 00:00 Tools
Esp Xtrasensory Perception 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee - Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering; 2004 Digital Rema 00:00 Tools
02 Blues for Alvina 00:00 Tools
The Golden Striker (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sandilia Dela 00:00 Tools
The Phantom (feat. Bobby Hutcherson) 00:00 Tools
Christi Redentor 00:00 Tools
Los Malso Hombres [Alternate Take][*] 00:00 Tools
Sudel - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Hush-A-Bye - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Golden Striker 00:00 Tools
Soulin' - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Jeannie 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2003 Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Xibaba (Airto Moreira) 00:00 Tools
Ready Rudy? (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
Sleigh Ride (Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sandelia dela [JC] 00:00 Tools
Chili Peppers (1994 Digital Remaster) (1994 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
On Green Dolphin Street (Tender Feelin's 1959) 00:00 Tools
I Dont Know 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
i'm an old cow hand [alt. take] 00:00 Tools
Lamento (Live) 00:00 Tools
i'm an old cow hand (alt. take) 00:00 Tools
I Don T Care Who Knows It 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (Alt. Take) 00:00 Tools
le carrousel (alt. take) 00:00 Tools
I'm Old Cow Hand 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela (2004 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cow Hand (alternate take) 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Los Okos Alegres(The Happy Eyes) 00:00 Tools
Bluebird of Happiness (Tender Feelin's 1959) 00:00 Tools
Mississippi Dip / Duke Pearson 00:00 Tools
Sweet Honey Bee (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) (2004 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
say you're mine [alt. take] 00:00 Tools
O Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) [Feat. Airto and Stella Mars] 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha (LP Sweet Honey Bee '66) 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres (Alternative take) 00:00 Tools
After The Rain (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
I'm an Old Cow Hand - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Jano 00:00 Tools
13. Ground Hog 00:00 Tools
Duke Pearson - Xibaba 00:00 Tools
Angel Eyes - LP Version 00:00 Tools
Heavy Legs - LP Version 00:00 Tools
I'm A Fool To Want 00:00 Tools
The Happy Eyes (ProleteR Tribute) 00:00 Tools
Two Mile Run (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/1998 Digital Remaster/24 Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
I'm Old Cow Hand (alt) 00:00 Tools
05 Say You're Mine 00:00 Tools
O Amor En Paz (Once I Loved) - 1996 Remaster 00:00 Tools
Los Malos Hombres (Alternate Take) (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
A Beautiful Friendship (D. Kahn-S. Styne) 00:00 Tools
I'm An Old Cow Hand [Alternate Take] 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know (Airto Moreira) 00:00 Tools
After The Rain (1993 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sandalia Dela [ft. Flora Purim] 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine [Alternate Take] 00:00 Tools
La Carrousel 00:00 Tools
Big Bertha (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering) 00:00 Tools
Say Youre Mine 00:00 Tools
3 A_M 00:00 Tools
Say You're Mine (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
Le Carrousel (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
Canto Ossanha (Baden Powell-Vinicius De Moraes) 00:00 Tools
Theme From Rosemary's Baby (Christopher Komeda) 00:00 Tools
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Born Columbus Calvin Pearson, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, Pearson first studied brass instruments at the early age of five, but dental issues forced him to pursue another instrument and he started to learn the piano. His budding talent moved his uncle to give him the nickname Duke, a reference to jazz legend Duke Ellington.[1] He attended Clark College while also playing trumpet in groups in the Atlanta area before joining the United States Army in the early 1950s.[2] Pearson continued to perform with different ensembles in Georgia and Florida, including with Tab Smith and Little Willie John, before he moved to New York, New York in January of 1959. After moving to New York, Pearson gained the attention of Donald Byrd who saw Pearson performing with the the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Sextet (also known as Jazztet). Shortly afterwards, Byrd asked him to join his newly formed band, the Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet. Pearson was also the accompanist for Nancy Wilson on tour in 1961. During that same year, Pearson became ill before a Byrd-Adams show when and a newcomer named Herbie Hancock took over for him. This eventually led to Hancock taking over the position permanently.[2] On the 1963 Byrd album A New Perspective, Pearson arranged four tracks, including "Cristo Redentor", which became a big hit. The song, Pearson later commented, was inspired by a trip he took to Brazil while touring with Wilson.[2] Also that year, after the death of Ike Quebec, Pearson took over his position as A&R man of Blue Note.[2] From that year until 1970, Pearson was a frequent session musician and producer for numerous Blue Note albums while also recording his own albums as band leader. This was odd, since Pearson also recorded with his co-led big band with Byrd for Atlantic Records, a stipulation he made sure was in his Atlantic contract.[2] The Byrd-Pearson band consisted of musicians such as Chick Corea, Pepper Adams, Randy Brecker, and Garrnet Brown; the latter three were members also of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band that played the same night club, The Vanguard, but on different nights. Between the two ensembles, the musicians performed at their own discretion. Pearson eventually retired from his position with Blue Note in 1971 after personnel changes were made; co-founder Alfred Lion retired in 1967 after the label was sold to Liberty Records the previous year and co-founder Frank Wolff died in 1971. Pearson opted to teach at Clark College in ’71, toured with Carmen McRae and Joe Williams through 1973, and eventually reformed his big band during that time. He was diagnosied with multiple sclerosis in the 1970s, which he ultimately died from in 1980 at Atlanta Veterans Hospital.[2] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.