HEYWOOD, EDWARD, JR.

HEYWOOD, EDWARD, JR., (EDDIE). Jazz pianist (4 December 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia). He came from a musical family: his father, Eddie, Sr., was a bandleader-pianist and an uncle, LeRoy Smith , was also a bandleader. He studied piano with his father when he was eight. By the time he was fourteen, he was playing professionally in a local theater. He left Atlanta about 1932 to tour with various groups, including Clarence Love (1934-37), with whom he went to New York...