Bobby Timmons
American jazz pianist and composer (1935–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he was part of Cannonball Adderley's band. Several of Timmons' compositions written when part of these bands – including "Moanin'", "Dat Dere", and "This Here" – enjoyed commercial success and brought him more attention. In the early and mid-1960s he led a series of piano trios that toured and recorded extensively.
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Birth name | Robert Henry Timmons |
Born | (1935-12-19)December 19, 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | March 1, 1974(1974-03-01) (aged 38) New York City, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
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Years active | 1950s–1970s |
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Formerly of | The Jazz Messengers |
Timmons was strongly associated with the soul jazz style that he helped initiate. This link to apparently simple writing and playing, coupled with drug and alcohol addiction, led to a decline in his career. Timmons died, aged 38, from cirrhosis. Several critics have commented that his contribution to jazz remains undervalued.[lower-alpha 1]