Musician

Earl Grant

AllMusic and the International Archives for Jazz Organ identify Earl Grant as an Idabel-born organist/pianist with trumpet and drum skills; a period Down Beat scan supplies death-era context.

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Musical work

organist; pianist; drummer; trumpeter; vocalist. Instruments recorded in the collection: organ; piano; trumpet; drums. Genres: R&B; jazz; instrumental pop.

Evidence and identity

Identity, Idabel connection and multi-instrumental role are supported by specialist and period sources.

Earl Grant

Earl Grant identity, Idabel birth claim, organ/piano role and instrumental-pop/R&B career

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Earl Grant

Earl Grant Idabel connection and multi-instrumental role

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Down Beat 23 July 1970

Earl Grant instrument and Oklahoma birthplace context; death-era chronology

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Earl Grant oral-history reference

Earl Grant Idabel and organist identity context

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Sources

  1. www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000788678
  2. www.iajo.org/iajo04/usa/grant.htm
  3. www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/DownBeat/70s/70/Downbeat-1970-07-23.pdf
  4. dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/legislature/id/233/