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Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2014
Walter "King" Fleming, a Chicago jazz pianist who worked professionally since the early 1940s, died Tuesday at the Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno of natural causes at 91, said his son, Kevin Fleming.
King Fleming, as everyone in jazz called him, attended Chicago's McKinley High School and led King Fleming and His Swing Band in 1942, before serving in the U.S. Army starting in 1943.
After leaving the service he recorded for Blue Lake and Chess Records in the 1950s and for Chess' Argo and Cadet labels into the 1960s. Fleming collaborated with a range of musicians, including pianist-composer Muhal Richard Abrams and singer Lorez Alexandria. He re-emerged, after a long recording hiatus, on Chicago's Southport Records label in the mid-1990s.
A memorial service is being planned.
In addition to his son Kevin, Fleming is survived by another son, Dwight.
Fleming was preceded in death by his wife, Cornelia, who died in November of 2013.
Pvt US Army, World War II
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Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2014
Walter "King" Fleming, a Chicago jazz pianist who worked professionally since the early 1940s, died Tuesday at the Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno of natural causes at 91, said his son, Kevin Fleming.
King Fleming, as everyone in jazz called him, attended Chicago's McKinley High School and led King Fleming and His Swing Band in 1942, before serving in the U.S. Army starting in 1943.
After leaving the service he recorded for Blue Lake and Chess Records in the 1950s and for Chess' Argo and Cadet labels into the 1960s. Fleming collaborated with a range of musicians, including pianist-composer Muhal Richard Abrams and singer Lorez Alexandria. He re-emerged, after a long recording hiatus, on Chicago's Southport Records label in the mid-1990s.
A memorial service is being planned.
In addition to his son Kevin, Fleming is survived by another son, Dwight.
Fleming was preceded in death by his wife, Cornelia, who died in November of 2013.
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