BILLY KYLE DEAD
Billy Kyle, the pianist with Louis Armstrong’s All-stars for 13 years has died after a brief illness in Youngstown. Ohio. He was 51.
Kyle began his professional career in 1930, in his home city, Philadelphia. Within a few years he had moved to New York and was playing in Tiny Bradshaw’s band, one of the top jazz groups of the day. From 1938 to 1942 he was the pianist in the famous John Kirby sextet. After three years in the Army Kyle rejoined Kirby briefly in 1946 but soon left to free-lance in New York. He replaced Earl Hines in the Armstrong All-stars in 1933. Although his free, flowing style and ample technique made him one of the top pianists in jazz, Kyle rarely appeared with bands of his own and made only three LPs under his own name. For most of his long career he was content to remain a sideman.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31061, 17 May 1966, Page 13
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