Clyde Hart (Baltimore, Maryland, February 24, 1910 - New York City, March 19, 1945) was an American jazz pianist and arranger. Hart first worked with Gene Coy, Jap Allen (1930-31) and Blanche Calloway (1931-35). After a brief stint with the declining McKinney's Cotton Pickers, he settled in New York where he led his own quartet, arranged for Andy Kirk and made quite a few recordings (including with Billie Holiday and Red Allen) as a supportive pianist. Hart had stints with Stuff Smith (1936-38), Roy Eldridge, Lester Young, Frankie Newton and the John Kirby Sextet (1942-43) plus…
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