Ronnell Bright, a jazz pianist and composer who accompanied many of the finest female jazz vocalists of the album era, including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, Lorez Alexandria and Anita O'Day and subbed for Count Basie on several albums and tours, died on August 12. Ronnell was 91. His wife, Dianne Bright, said the cause was dem…
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