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Hale Smith (Hale Smith Jr.) was born on 29 June, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., is a Pioneering Black Modernist composer. Discover Hale Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As Hale Smith Jr.
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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 29 June 1925
Birthday 29 June
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 24 November, 2009
Died Place Freeport, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1925

Hale Smith (June 29, 1925 – November 24, 2009) was an American composer, arranger, and pianist.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he learned piano at an early age and played mellophone in the high school band.

As a teenager, he played jazz piano in local nightclubs.

When he was sixteen, he met Duke Ellington, who commented on his compositions.

1940

In the early 1940s he was drafted and worked for the U.S. Army as an arranger for shows at camps in Georgia and Florida.

After the Army he studied classical music and composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music and received bachelor's and master's degrees.

His composition Four Songs won the first student composer award given by BMI.

1948

In 1948, he married Juanita Hancock.

He has a daughter, Robin, who resides in Manhattan, and three sons: Michael from Freeport, Eric from York, PA, and Marcel from Harpursville, NY.

Additionally, he has three grandchildren.

1950

During the late 1950s he moved to New York City and was employed as an editor at publishing companies.

He worked as a jazz pianist and arranger with Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Melba Liston, Oliver Nelson, and Randy Weston and wrote incidental music for television, radio, and theater.

1952

His compositions include The Valley Wind (1952), In Memoriam, Beryl Rubinstein (1953), Sonata for Cello and Piano (1955), Contours for Orchestra (1961), Faces of Jazz (1965), Evocation (1966), Ritual and Incantation (1974), Innerflexions (1977), Toussaint L'Ouverture (1979), Solemn Music (1979), Three Patterson Lyrics (1985), and Dialogues and Commentaries (1991) He wrote music for band, choir, orchestra, jazz groups, chamber ensembles, duos, and solo performance.

Smith was a teacher at C.W. Post campus of Long Island University in Brookville and the University of Connecticut in Storrs.

1975

With Chico Hamilton he wrote music for the movie Mr. Ricco (1975).

2009

He died at the age of 84 on November 24, 2009, due to a stroke.

Among his notable students was Talib Rasul Hakim.