Page Cavanaugh Trio

Page Cavanaugh (January 26, 1922 in Cherokee, Kansas – December 19, 2008 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz and pop pianist, vocalist, and arranger.He began on piano at age nine and played with Ernie Williamsons band in 1938–39 before moving to Los Angeles and joining the Bobby Sherwood band at age 20.While serving in the military during World War II, he met guitarist Al Viola and bassist Lloyd Pratt, with whom he formed a trio. After the wars end they performed together in the style of the Nat King Cole Trio, scoring a number of hits in the late 1940s, including The Three Bears, Walkin My Baby Back Home, and All of Me. The trio appeared in the films A Song Is Born, Big City, Lullaby of Broadway (with Doris Day) and Romance on the High Seas (Doris Days first film, in 1948).In the early 1950s, Cavanaugh had a program, Page Pages You, on the short-lived Progressive Broadcasting System., Additionally, the trio played on Frank Sinatras radio program, Songs by Sinatra, and on The Jack Paar Show.The trio appeared in the 1958 horror movie, Frankensteins Daughter, and on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on October 7, 1965 in Hollywood (and rebroadcast on October 9, 1966), playing Cole Porters Love for Sale at a brisk tempo. In his introduction to the performance, Carson recalled hearing Cavanaugh play at The Captains Table when Carson was getting started in television on the west coast. He added, I think hes one of the fine, fine jazz pianists around.Cavanaugh played in Los Angeles nightclubs through the 1990s, both in a trio setting (with Viola for many years) and as a septet, the Page 7. He recorded with Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra. He recorded for MGM, Capitol, RCA, Star Line, Tiara, and Dobre Records over the course of his career, releasing his final trio album, Return to Elegance, in 2006.

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