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The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"
by Jack Bowers
The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...
It's the Economy, Man!
by Jack Bowers
Even though the present (and future) state of the economy here in the States is no laughing matter, there has been at least one tongue-in-cheek article about jazz musicians seeking bailout money from Congress and the Bush administration (still in power when it was written last December). It's presented as a straight “news" story, but musicians' ...
Tributes to Bob Florence
Friends and admirers of Bob Florence, including his Limited Edition band, gathered at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood on June 15 to pay tribute to the arranger, composer, leader and pianist.. Florence died exactly a month earlier at the age of seventy-five. In Florence's honor, the piano remained silent. A jazz fan and videographer, ...
Bob Florence: The Man Behind the Music / The Stage Door (Often) Swings
by Jack Bowers
The news arrived like an errant and unwelcome thunderbolt. Bob Florence had died on May 15, only five days before his seventy-sixth birthday. After the initial shock had worn off the question became, how does one process and evaluate such a distressing occurrence? How can one summarize in mere words so extraordinary a life? The answer ...
Jazz Port Townsend: Bob Florence Tribute Concert
Bob Florence Memorial Concert on July 26th Centrum Jazz All Star-Big Band Tribute Concert to Bob Florence Legendary jazz composer, arranger and Big Band leader Bob Florence, who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards during his long career, died five days before his 76th birthday on May 15th. For several years, Florence had been a ...
Bob Florence Memorial Concert on July 26th
Centrum Jazz All Star-Big Band Tribute Concert to Bob Florence Legendary jazz composer, arranger and Big Band leader Bob Florence, who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards during his long career, died five days before his 76th birthday on May 15th. Florence who won a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance ...
Bob Florence L.A. Times Obituary
SKILLFUL MUSIC MAN: Bob Florence was a pianist, composer and masterful arranger who led the popular Bob Florence Limited Edition big band in L.A. He was respected both as a professional and “as a human being," one musician said. Bob Florence, a pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards in ...
Invitation/On Green Dolphin Street
Featuring the music of Bob Florence
Duration: 5:40
Bob Florence, Jazz Composer, Big Band Leader, Dies at 75
Legendary jazz composer, arranger and Big Band leader Bob Florence, who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards during his long career, died Thursday at his home in Thousand Oaks. His death came five days before his 76th birthday. Florence was widely acknowledged as a dominant force in Big Band music, keeping the genre alive with ...
The Legacy of Bob Florence
Arranger, composer Bob Florence died today in Southern California at 1:04 PM, May 15, following a lengthy hospital stay. He had been fighting pneumonia for some time and all his recent engagements had been cancelled. Bob Florence had garnered national and international acclaim as a jazz composer, arranger, bandleader, keyboardist, accompanist, and educator, and was slated ...
