Jodie Christian

Jodie Christian (February 2, 1932 – February 13, 2012)Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed February 14, 2012 was an American jazz pianist, noted for bebop and free jazz.
Christian was born in Chicago, Illinois. His "father was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, into a share-cropper's family. Realizing the futility of that life, Christian's grandfather sold his livestock and sent his family to Chicago, where Christian was born in 1932 on 44th Street and Prairie Avenue." Christian's mother, a church pianist,... plus