Clarence Profit (June 26, 1912 – October 22, 1944)
was a
jazz pianist and composer associated with
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Profit was born in
New York
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, United States.
He came from a musical family and began studying piano at the age of three, and he led a ten-piece band in New York City in his teens.
A visit to his grandparents in
Antigua
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resulted in his staying in the Caribbean for five years.
He also led a group in
Bermuda. He returned to the US and led his own trio, which was noted as "a format which best suited his powerful stride piano style".
He co-composed "Lullaby In Rhythm" with
Edgar Sampson.
He was respected in his era, but after his early death fell into obscurity.
He died in New York in October 1944, at the age of 32.
References
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*
AllMusic
External links
Calendar for big bands database
1912 births
1944 deaths
American jazz pianists
American male pianists
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
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