Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (Composer)
Born: 14th July 1932, New York, United States
Died: 9th March 2004, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality: American
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was an American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. Professionally he was often known as Coleridge Perkinson.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was African American. He was named after African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912). Perkinson's mother was active in music and the arts as a piano teacher, church organist, and director of a theater company.
Perkinson attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City.
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