Lionel Hamptons Pianist "Zeke Mullins" at 90 years old
Zeke Mullins played with Lionel Hampton Big Band for 25 years. Zeke studied classical music at the age of 7 years old with the hopes of meeting his family expectations of being a concert pianist. Born in 1925 and begin playing jazz in 1942. While Zeke was getting his musical chops together he worked in construction and in a department store.
Zeke Mullins played at the white house 4 times and played with some of the greatest artist from Dinah Washington, Benny Goodman and many more. Zeke Mullins highly respected Dizzy Gillespie and said that Monk is a genius.Zeke Mullins has said that the borsendorfer makes the steinway sound like a toy.
Keith Rogers Photography captured this black and white image of the legendary Zeke Mullins at the Local 802 American Federation of Musicians