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Peter Nero

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Genres: Easy Listening Holiday & Seasonal
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Decades Active: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
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Biography

Bernard Nierow, 22 May 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA. A stylish pianist, composer, and conductor, throughout his long career Nero has switched, apparently effortlessly, between classical, jazz and popular music. Early on, he trained as a classical musician, and became interested in jazz at the age of 19 after hearing the legendary Art Tatum. In the late 50s, he spent four years playing jazz clubs such as the Village Gate, Village Vanguard, the Blue Angel, and the Tropicana lounge in Las Vegas, before being discovered by RCA Records in 1960. They were looking for a ‘pop’ pianist, and auditioned more than 100 before choosing Nero. During the next eight years, he recorded some 24 albums, including the Grammy-winning The Colorful Peter Nero, which reached the UK chart in 1963. Two years previously, Nero had won the Grammy for Best New Artist. His other US Top 40 entries in the early 60s included Piano Forte, New Piano In Town, Young And Warm And Wonderful,...

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