Johnny Raducanu

Romania's Mr Jazz who sought perfection as player, composer and teacherThe jazz pianist and double bass player Johnny Raducanu has died of a heart attack aged 79. For more than 30 years he had been pre-eminent in Romania as performer, composer and teacher, a formidable and charismatic figure who more than deserved the title of "the Romanian Mr Jazz", although it is not clear whether that was awarded to him by the music journalist Leonard Feather or bestowed by Duke Ellington, no less, when meeti...

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