What is Marty Napoleon?
[[File:Marty Napoleon.jpg|thumb|250px|Left to right: Don Varella, Stan Johnson, Marty Napoleon, [[Fraser MacPherson]] (1952).]] '''Marty Napoleon''' (June 2, 1921 &ndash; April 27, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Jazz music|jazz]] [[pianist]]. He was best known for having replaced [[Earl Hines]] in [[Louis Armstrong]]'s All Stars in 1952. He also worked with [[Gene Krupa]], [[Phil Napoleon]], [[Teddy Napoleon]], [[Charlie Ventura]], [[Kai Winding]] and [[Rex Stewart]]. Napoleon was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] to [[Italians|Italian]] immigrants from [[Sicily]]. He died on April 27, 2015 in [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]], [[Long Island]], aged 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=marty-napoleon&pid=174742212&fhid=15814|title=Marty Napoleon Obituary|work=legacy.com|date=April 27, 2015|accessdate=April 30, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Napoleon, Marty}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American jazz pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from Brooklyn]] {{US-bio-stub}}