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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
9 Mar 2004 (aged 71)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Jazz Musician. He was a versatile pianist, arranger and composer of scores for television, film and ballet. He was a founding member and associate conductor of the Symphony of the New World. He was the music director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and composed and arraged many songs for singers like Marvin Gaye, Harry Belafonte and Melvin Van Peebles. He composed the themes for the TV shows "Room 222" and "Get Christie Love!" He died of cancer in Chicago at the age of 71.
Jazz Musician. He was a versatile pianist, arranger and composer of scores for television, film and ballet. He was a founding member and associate conductor of the Symphony of the New World. He was the music director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and composed and arraged many songs for singers like Marvin Gaye, Harry Belafonte and Melvin Van Peebles. He composed the themes for the TV shows "Room 222" and "Get Christie Love!" He died of cancer in Chicago at the age of 71.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Always with Love
  • Added: Mar 15, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8510909/coleridge-taylor-perkinson: accessed ), memorial page for Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (14 Jun 1932–9 Mar 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8510909, citing Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.