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Johnny Răducanu (born Răducan Creţu; 1 December 1931 – 19 September 2011) was a Romanian jazz pianist of Romani ethnic background, whose family has a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century.〔(Răducanu profile )〕 He was born in Brăila and started playing the double bass at the age of 19 before switching to piano. During his musical career, some of his many collaborations outside Romania were those with Art Farmer (trumpet) and Slide Hampton (trombone), and Friedrich Gulda (piano). In 1987, Răducanu received an honorary membership in the Louis Armstrong Academy in New Orleans. He was the founder of the Romanian Jazz school, and during a musical career spanning over half a century, he discovered, nurtured and trained several generations of Romanian jazz musicians. Leonard Feather called him "Mr. Jazz of Romania". He was the President of the Romanian Jazz Federation. Răducanu was married to Geta Costin from 1962 to 1970.〔(Re marriage to Geta Costin ) 〕 Răducanu died at his apartment in Oltarului Street in Bucharest and is interred in a local cemetery in Cernica, Ilfov County, close to the capital.〔(Notice of death of Răducanu )〕 ==Discography== * ''Jazz trio'' – ''Seria jazz'' nr. 4 (Electrecord, 1966) * ''Jazz în țara mea (Jazz in my country)'' (Electrecord, 1967) * ''Confesiuni'' (Electrecord, 1979) * ''Confesiuni II'' (Electrecord, 1982) * ''Confesiuni III'' – ''Seria jazz'' nr. 21 (Electrecord, 1986) * ''Jazz Made in Romania'' (Electrecord, 1987) * ''To His Friends'' (Alpha Publishing, 1996) * ''Jazz Behind the Carpathians - Johnny Raducanu meets Theodora Enache'' (Green Records, 1999) * ''Jazz antifanariot'' (Anastasia, 2002) * ''Jazz Made in Romania - Live in San Francisco'' (Mediaround Inc./Intercont Music, 2002) * ''Jazz Bestament'' (Tescani Productions, 2005) * ''Chamber Jazz Music'' (Soft Productions, 2008) * ''Inside Stories - Jazz Poems'' (Tvr Media, 2009) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Răducanu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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