Home » Search Center » Results: Melba!
Results for "Melba!"
Melba!
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Kansas City Child; Central Avenue; Dizzy Gillespie; Randy Weston; Solo Saxophone Introduction; Detroit/Kingston; Homecoming; "Let Me Not Lose My Dream.
Central Avenue
Album: Melba!
By Geof Bradfield
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2013
Duration: 7:29
Geof Bradfield: Melba!
by Hrayr Attarian
Chicago based saxophonist Geof Bradfield's Melba! is a much needed tribute to the criminally underexposed trombonist and arranger Melba Liston. Liston debuted with trumpeter, bandleader Gerald Wilson, was one of the stars of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's bebop big band and devoted herself to arranging after she met pianist Randy Weston with whom she had a long ...
Geof Bradfield: Melba!
by Dan McClenaghan
Melba Liston (1926-1999) isn't one of the big names that comes up when great jazz composer/arrangers are mentioned, but it should be. Starting as a trombonist with some of the greats--Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Count Basie, Art Blakey--she soon began working with Randy Weston, arranging the pianist's composition on Uhuru Africa, (Roulette Records, 1960) and Highlife ...
Giveaway
Days remaining: 11
