19 Facts About Larry Vuckovich

Larry Vuckovich was born on December 8,1936 and is an American jazz pianist from Yugoslavia.

Larry Vuckovich heard and performed with John Handy and Brew Moore with he later began his professional career.

When Mel Torme came to San Francisco, Larry Vuckovich became his first-call pianist.

Larry Vuckovich began an association with Jon Hendricks that included performances in the musical Evolution of the Blues and two Hendricks recordings.

Larry Vuckovich toured with Hendricks and led the house band at Domicile club in Munich, Germany.

Larry Vuckovich worked with trumpeter Dusko Gojkovic and became a member of his International Quintet, recording a live album with the band at the Domicile.

Larry Vuckovich performed with drummer Philly Joe Jones at the club and toured Europe with him.

Larry Vuckovich met Dexter Gordon and performed at the Montmartre jazz club in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Larry Vuckovich performed at festivals at Nurnberg, Cologne, Berlin, Vienna, Bologna, Lugano, Pescara, and Ljublijana.

Larry Vuckovich worked with Philly Joe Jones in San Francisco at the Keystone Korner, where he was a resident pianist for five years.

Larry Vuckovich played with Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, Charles McPherson, Leon Thomas, Scott Hamilton, and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, with whom he appeared on a Savant Records album from a live Keystone recording.

Larry Vuckovich has recorded for Concord, Hot House, Inner City, and Palo Alto.

Larry Vuckovich worked for five years in New York City, where he performed at the Village Vanguard, Blue Note Jazz Club, Bradley's Zinno, West End, and Hanratty's, working with Al Cohn, Curtis Fuller, Tom Harrell, Billy Higgins, Milt Hinton, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Michael Moore, and Cecil Payne.

Larry Vuckovich returned to San Francisco for a long-term engagement from 1990 to 1997 as house pianist and music director of Club 36 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Larry Vuckovich presented several West Coast Jazz Festival performances and served as music director of the Napa Valley Jazz Festival for six years.

Larry Vuckovich performed in New York at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola and was Marian McPartland's guest on her NPR program Piano Jazz.

Larry Vuckovich reunited with Big Black after playing alongside him in the Jon Hendricks band during the 1960s.

Larry Vuckovich's teaching and clinical projects include a solo piano format of the history of jazz piano.

Larry Vuckovich was named a "Jazz Legend" at the Fillmore Jazz Heritage Center in San Francisco.