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Erroll Grandy (born January 1, 1918) was an American jazz pianist.

Born Lucas Erroll Grandy near Norfolk, Virginia to parents Mary and Thomas Grandy, Erroll Grandy was introduced to music at a young age. He moved to Indianapolis, Indiana with his father in 1936 and soon after graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1940.

Grandy was considered to be legally blind due to a congenital eye disease. In 1940, he enrolled in the Jordan Conservatory of Music, what would eventually become the Jordan College of the Arts under Butler University, and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in music in 1944.

Grandy was considered a mentor to many jazz musicians and was a significant influence in Indianapolis' jazz scene from the 1940s through the 1960s. He earned the nickname "Ground Hog" and

Grandy was inducted into Indiana's Jazz Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame in 2015.