![]() While in the Army, during his 1953-1954 draft, he continued to play trumpet and met, among the others, pianist Wynton Kelly. He attended Clark College while also playing trumpet in groups in the Atlanta area. He was so fond of the trumpet that through high school and college, he neglected the piano. Then, he took an interest in brass instruments: mellophone, baritone horn and ultimately trumpet. Before he was six, his mother started giving him piano lessons, an instrument he studied until he was twelve. The moniker "Duke" was given to him by his uncle, who was a great admirer of Duke Ellington. in Atlanta, Georgia to Columbus Calvin and Emily Pearson. Duke was born Columbus Calvin Pearson, Jr. ![]()
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