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{{Short description|American jazz pianist}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Herman Chittison
| image = Herman Chittison, October 1946 (Gottlieb).jpg
| caption = Chittison, {{circa}} October 1946, photographed by [[William P. Gottlieb]]
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|10|15}}
| birth_place = [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|3|8 |1908|10|15 |mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Piano
| years_active =
| associated_acts =
}}

'''Herman''' "'''Ivory'''" '''Chittison''' (October 15, 1908 – March 8, 1967)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=473/4}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist.

==Biography==
Born in [[Flemingsburg, Kentucky]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> he began his career in 1928 as a member of [[Zack Whyte]]'s [[territory band]] in Ohio.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Chittison moved to New York in the early 1930s and found work as an accompanist to [[Ethel Waters]], [[Adelaide Hall]], and [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He also visited Boston for the first time with a traveling show headlined by comic actor [[Stepin Fetchit]]. In late 1933, he toured Europe with the [[Willie Lewis]] Orchestra; the following year, he recorded with [[Louis Armstrong]] in Paris.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He and trumpeter [[Bill Coleman (trumpeter)|Bill Coleman]] led the Harlem Rhythm Makers.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Chittison and Coleman left Lewis' group in 1938 and formed a band that worked extensively in [[Cairo]], Egypt, and traveled as far east as India.

In October 1959, Chittison arrived in Boston and was employed as the resident pianist at the Red Garter bar in [[the Lenox Hotel]]. He then moved to the Mayfair Lounge in [[Bay Village, Boston|Bay Village]]. His stay in Boston lasted two years in total.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feb 22, 1960: Held Over! Herman Chittison at the Mayfair Lounge |accessdate=February 15, 2017 |url=http://troystreet.com/tspots/tag/john-mclellan/ |publisher=Troy Street Publishing}}</ref> He also had a reoccurring role as the piano player in the Blue Note Bar on the radio series, ''Casey, Crime Photographer''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Chittison died in Cleveland in March 1967, at the age of 58.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

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[[Category:American jazz pianists]]
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[[Category:Jazz musicians from Kentucky]]
[[Category:20th-century American pianists]]
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