Frank Paparelli

American jazz pianist and composer.

Born : December 25, 1917 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Died : May 24, 1973 in Los Angeles, California.

A jazz pianist in [a=Dizzy Gillespie]'s band during the mid-'40s, Frank Paparelli never became a known name like some of his bandmates, but he made a contribution to a genre that has endured the decades since. Along with Gillespie, Paparelli wrote the bop classic 'Night in Tunisia', as well as the still popular 'Blue 'n' Boogie'.