Roland Hanna

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Roland Hanna (February 10, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan – November 13, 2002 in Hackensack, New Jersey) was an American Jazz pianist.[1] Hanna studied classical piano as a boy, but was strongly interested in jazz. This increased after his time in military service. He studied at Eastman School of Music and Juilliard School. He worked with several big names, such as Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus, in the 1950s although only briefly in both cases. Then from 1967 to 1974 he was a regular member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet. Roland Hanna was in semi-retirement for most of the 1980s, though he played piano and wrote the song “Seasons” for Sarah Vaughan’s 1982 album Crazy and Mixed Up, and returned to music later in the decade. He is usually referred to as "Sir Roland Hanna" as he was given an honorary knighthood by President William Tubman of Liberia. Sir Roland Hanna, along with Jimmy Heath, was a professor of jazz at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (CUNY) in Flushing, NY. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Roland Hanna Play Harold Rome's 'Destry Rides Again'

The Piano Of Roland Hanna: Easy To Love

Duke Ellington Piano Solos

Solo Piano

Impressions (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Nice & Brignoles, France 1978-1979))

Perugia

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Solo

Sir Elf

Swing Me No Waltzes

Round Midnight

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Roland Hanna Plays the Music of Alec Wilder

Colors from a Giant's Kit

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