Informationen zu "Duke's 'Bones - Ellington's great trombonists"
Komponist/Autor: Kurt Dietrich
Verlag: Advance Music Veronika Gruber GmbH
Verlagsnummer: ADV19105
EAN: 9783892210597
ISBN: 978-3-89221-059-7
ISMN: M-2063-0515-3
Beschreibung
The purpose of the study recorded in this book is to focus on the work of the
members of the trombone section that was at the heart of Ellington's
acclaimed orchestra from its beginnings until Ellington's death in 1974. Much
of the study focuses on the three giants who were the section in the 1930s
and early 1940s: Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol and Lawrence Brown.
Each of the significant trombonists is dealt with in several different ways:
Biographical information, in no way intended to be exhaustive, is presented.
Information that seems pertinent to the careers of each as members of the
Ellington band is the focus. While some of this information is anecdotal, the
ultimate aim is to try to relate each man to the music he created.
At the heart of the study, however, are the solos that these men recorded
with Ellington. Solos are transcribed and analyzed from the standpoint of
'traditional' analysis of jazz solos, as well as consideration of the solos
from the standpoint of trombone playing.
The first of three appendices deals briefly with Ellington's writing for the
trombonists as a section or in conjunction with other players, as opposed to
his writing for the individual players. Appendix 2 records discographical
information about the music discussed in the text. Appendix 3 lists all of
the trombonists who played with Ellington and the dates of their tenure.
The ultimate aims of this study are to introduce the unique work of Nanton,
Tizol, Brown and the others to those who are not familiar with it and to shed
more light on this work to those already familiar with it.
