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1972 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1972. Events April * 21 ** Grant Green records '' Live at the Lighthouse'' at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California. June * 10 – The very first Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11). * 16 – The 6th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 16 – August 20). * 29 – The 19th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 29 – July 8). September * 15 – The 15th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases *Neil Ardley: '' Symphony of Amaranths'' *Gato Barbieri: '' Bolivia (album)'' *Paul Bley: '' Open, to Love'' *Anthony Braxton **''Donna Lee'' **'' Saxophone Improvisations'' **'' Town Hall 1972'' *Gary Burton: ''Alone at Last'' * Ornette Coleman: ''Skies of America'' * Chick Corea: ''Return To Forever'' *Miles Davis: ''On The Corner'' * Bill Evans: '' Living Time'' (with George Russell) *Gunter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Gustafsson
Rune Urban Gustafsson (25 August 1933 – 15 June 2012) was a Swedish jazz guitarist and composer. He performed with Arne Domnérus, Jan Johansson, and Zoot Sims among others. Life and career Rune Gustafsson was born in 1933 in Gothenburg. He moved to Stockholm in the 1950s to work with Putte Wickman (Swedisk Jazz Kings, EP, 1957) and Arne Domnérus Radio band and Radio Jazz Group. His first issued recordings were ''Young Guitar'' (Metronome, MLP 15 072, 1961) with Arne Domnérus, Jan Johansson, Jimmy Woode, Bjarne Nerem, Börje Fredriksson and Jan Allan. ''Rune at the Top'' was released in 1969 and included the Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen. He played in the Arne Domnérus duo (Dialog, 1972) and his orchestras, with Jan Johansson, Georg Riedel, Cornelis Vreeswijk. ''Rune Gustafsson Himself Plays Gilbert O'Sullivan'' (1973), ''Killing Me Softly'' (1973) and ''Move'' (1977), was recorded with Egil Johansen, who was one of Gustafsson's most frequent musical part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony Of Amaranths
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post- John Coltrane era. Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated more than 60 times. Early life and education Armando Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 12, 1941, to parents Anna (née Zaccone) and Armando J. Corea. He was of southern Italian descent, his father having been born to an immigrant from Albi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skies Of America
''Skies of America'' is the 17th album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released on Columbia Records in 1972. It consists of one long composition by Coleman taking up both sides of the album, played by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by David Measham. Coleman himself only plays on a few segments, and there is no other jazz instrumentation. Background Coleman had encountered third stream music in the 1950s, had played sessions for Gunther Schuller in 1960, and had composed two earlier orchestral works, ''Inventions of Symphonic Poems'' in 1967 and ''Sun Suite of San Francisco'' in 1968. Immediately prior to this album, he had done arranging work for Alice Coltrane on her album ''Universal Consciousness''. He had initially envisioned ''Skies'' as a concerto grosso for jazz combo and orchestra, but owing to contractual disputes with the musician's union in England, his band would not be allowed to record at all, and Coleman limited his own contribution to solos over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation''. His pioneering performances often abandoned the chordal and harmony-based structure found in bebop, instead emphasizing a jarring and avant-garde approach to improvisation. AllMusic called him "one of the most important (and controversial) innovators of the jazz avant-garde". Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Coleman began his musical career playing in local R&B and bebop groups, and eventually formed his own group in Los Angeles featuring members such as Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins. In 1959, he released the controversial album ''The Shape of Jazz to Come'' and began a long residency at the Five Spot jazz club in New York City. His 1960 album ''Free Jazz'' would profoundly influence the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone At Last
''Alone at Last'' is the first solo album by vibraphonist Gary Burton, on which he also plays piano and organ. It was recorded in 1971, and features three performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival and four performances from the studio. It released on the Atlantic label in 1972.Gary Burton discography accessed November 25, 2011 The album was awarded a for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist at the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated.Corley, Cheryl (May 8, 2004)"Gary Burton Steps Down, Out: Jazz Vibraphonist Moves On After Three Decades at Berklee". ''NPR''. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in music education from his 30 years at the Berklee College of Music. Biography Burton was born in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Beginning music at six years old, he mostly taught himself to play marimba and vibraphone. He began studying piano at age sixteen while finishing high school at Princeton Community High School in Princeton, Indiana (1956–60). He has cited jazz pianist Bill Evans as the inspiration for his ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Hall 1972
''Town Hall 1972'' is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1972 at The Town Hall in New York City and originally released on the Japanese Trio label and rereleased on the hatART label as ''Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972'' in 1992.Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 13, 2011 accessed November 7, 2016 Reception The review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The playing here ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxophone Improvisations Series F
''Saxophone Improvisations Series F'' is a solo album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1972 and originally released on the French America label.Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 13, 2011 accessed November 7, 2016 Reception The review by awa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Lee (album)
''Donna Lee'' is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1972 and originally released on the French America label.Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 13, 2011 accessed November 7, 2016 Reception The review awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Review< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He received great acclaim for his 1969 double- LP record ''For Alto'', the first full-length album of solo saxophone music. A prolific composer with a vast body of cross-genre work, the MacArthur Fellow and NEA Jazz Master has released hundreds of recordings and compositions. During six years signed to Arista Records, the diversity of his output encompassed work with many members of the AACM, including duets with co-founder and first president Muhal Richard Abrams; collaborations with electronic musician Richard Teitelbaum; a saxophone quartet with Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and Hamiet Bluiett; compositions for four orchestras; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open, To Love
Open, to Love is a jazz album by Paul Bley. It features Bley performing seven solo piano pieces and is considered not only one of his best albums, but a defining album in the history of the ECM record label. Three of the tracks were composed by ex-wife Carla Bley and another two by Bley's soon-to-be-ex-wife Annette Peacock. The album is one of the first showcases of the pointillism and silence that would inform much of his later work. ''Open, to Love'' was selected as part of the ECM Touchstones series, as one of the most influential recordings on the label. Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 5 stars stating "Despite the fact that pianist and composer Paul Bley had been a renowned and innovative jazzman for nearly 20 years, 1973 saw the release of his most mature and visionary work, and one that to this day remains his opus. This is one of the most influential solo piano recordings in jazz history, and certainly one that defined the sound of the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
