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Backgrounder: Spud Murphy - Gone With the Woodwinds
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Lyle “Spud" Murphy was one of the more fascinating figures in jazz and today is among the least known. Murphy was a multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and arranger. He was one of Benny Goodman's arrangers in the mid-1930s and wrote charts for many other bands. But his claim to fame was his 12-volume course in composing, arranging, and orchestration for the professional musician titled The Equal Interval System. He taught mostly in Los Angeles. His EIS was a modern system of music composition ...
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Triple-Clarinet Set Puts Woodwinds in Jazz Fest Spotlight
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All About Jazz
Mozart didn't know Jazz Fest, but he knew about the power of the clarinet. He wrote some of his most gorgeous concertos for the instrument, knowing its clear, clean timbre could lift melodies to soaring heights with the right person behind the reed. Evan Christopher, Tim Laughlin and Gregory Agid all know a thing or two about the clarinet, too. The three musicians, known collectively as “Clarinet Woodshed," led a mid-day Jazz Tent audience through the instrument's full jazz range. ...
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Greg Henry Waters (Composer, Woodwinds) at Caffe Vivaldi, Dec. 27th 7:30PM
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All About Jazz
Performing at 7.30, Thursday, December 27, 2007 Caffe Vivaldi, New York City
Come and bring your friends to enjoy a Chamber Concert of Instrumental Music.
Reviews “Reed man Waters is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and gifted composer whose music deserves to be heard more widely." ---The Observation Post, Frederick Seaman, New York City
“Waters was unknown to this reviewer, but his fine album, Mission, made me really sit up and take notice. Greg is a ...
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