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Harry Colomby (August 20, 1929 – December 25, 2021) was an American talent manager, producer and screenwriter. While still a schoolteacher of English and social studies at a High School in New York City, he became the manager of the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in 1955, and remained so for the next 14 years.
Jan 7, 2022 · Harry Colomby was a schoolteacher with a love of jazz when he stopped by the Cafe Bohemia in Greenwich Village in 1955 to remind the drummer Art Blakey that he and his band, the Jazz...
Dec 30, 2021 · August 20, 1929 - December 25, 2021 Harry Colomby passed on Christmas morning, he was 92 years old. Born in Berlin Germany, he spent the first nine years of his life escaping Nazi...
Dec 28, 2021 · Harry Colomby, the onetime manager and business partner of Michael Keaton who wrote and produced a sitcom and movies for the actor, including Johnny Dangerously and Touch and Go, has...
Jan 13, 2022 · Harry Colomby, a gifted teacher of English and Social Studies, taught at high schools in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, and died aged 92 on 25 December from multiple causes at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was also Thelonious Monk’s manager for 14 years.
Harry Colomby, longtime collaborator with Michael Keaton, died on Christmas Day of complications resulting from a fall, his brother, Bobby Colomby, confirmed to TheWrap. Harry was 92.
Dec 29, 2021 · Harry Colomby, who made the unusual career transition from high school teacher to talent manager at the invitation of jazz great Thelonious Monk, died Dec. 25 from multiple causes at...
