Wynton Kelly (December 2, 1931 in Jamaica — April 12, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a jazz pianist who spent his career in the United States.[1] He is perhaps best known for working with trumpeter Miles Davis in the '50s.[1]Kelly started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working with Lee Abrams, Cecil Payne, Dinah Washington and Dizzy Gillespie[2], he was a member of Miles Davis's Quintet from 1959 to 1963.

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