Harry Pickens is an American jazz pianist. He began his career with the Johnny Griffin quartet and Chico Freeman quintet, later performing with Blue Note Records group Out of the Blue before releasing several albums as leader.[1]
He is the author of In Tune: Lessons In Life From A Life In Music.
He is a winner of the Kentucky Governor’s Award In The Arts and the Fund For The Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. He serves as Artist-In-Residence for the Kentucky Governor's School For The Arts, and has also been featured in an Emmy-nominated documentary, Harry Pickens In The Garden of Music, produced by Kentucky Educational Television.[citation needed]
Pickens has also been a mainstay feature at the Idyllwild Arts Jazz in the Pines festival each year in August through 2018, with the West Coast version of the Harry Pickens Trio comprising Pickens, Marshall Hawkins (bass) and Harold Mason (drums).
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