Bill Miller, Frank Sinatra's pianist for 46 years, has died following complications from a heart attack in Montreal, at the age of 91. A self taught pianist, Miller was born in Brooklyn and began playing professionally at the age of 16. Over the years he played with the likes of Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Charlie Barnet. He met Sinatra at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1951.
Frank Sinatra Jr said: "Bill Miller was the greatest accompanist that any popular singer ever had. There was no one who had his touch, no one who had his taste."
Sinatra's longtime guitarist Al Viola said: "There are lots of great piano players but to be an accompanist to a singer is really an art form. It's a conversation, but you really have to listen and pay respect to the singer."