Frank Strazzeri

Frank Strazzeri (April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz pianist.
Strazzeri began on tenor saxophone and clarinet at age 12, then switched to piano soon after. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a house pianist in a nightclub in Rochester in 1952. While there he accompanied visiting musicians such as Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday.
He moved to New Orleans in 1954, playing with Sharkey Bonano and Al Hirt in... meer