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Piero Piccioni (December 6, 1921, Turin, Italy - July 23, 2004, Rome, Italy) His mother’s maiden name was Marengo, hence his pseudonym Piero Morgan, which he adopted until 1957. When he was growing up his father, Attilio Piccioni, (a prominent member of the Christian Democratic Party with the post-war Italian government) would frequently take him to hear concerts at the E.I.A.R. Radio Studios in Florence. Having listened to jazz throughout his childhood (he dearly loved Art Tatum and Charlie Parker) and without…
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