Al Haig

American jazz pianist and one of the pioneers of bebop Born July 19, 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, died November 16, 1982 in New York City, New York (heart attack) Haig began to perform with and in 1945 , and recorded under Gillespie from 1945 to 1946, as a member of in 1946 (also featuring ), and in 1947, under Parker from 1948 to 1950, and under from 1949 to 1951. The Gillespie quintet, which included Haig, rec…