Informationen zu "Tony Osborne Bass-in-Street Blues Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM593
EAN: 9790570455935
ISMN: M-57045-593-5
Beschreibung
Bass-in-Street Blues was composed in 1980 for the London Double Bass
Ensemble. The jazzy and rhythmic style offers musical and technical
challenges for each player, underpinned by a pizzicato walking bass line
provided for much of the time by Bass 4. Unison rhythmic patterns often
produce the feeling of a saxophone section and there is much here to explore
and enjoy. Tony Osborne at his jazziest best! Tony Osborne is an important
educationalist and prolific composer who has made a significant and unique
contribution to the double bass repertoire over the past 35 years. His solo
music for young bassists is included by many international examination
boards, and his many ensembles pieces are performed at workshops and concerts
throughout the world. Tony Osborne notes the influences of Gershwin, Copland
and Bernstein, alongside some of the Russian masters, on his music, which he
combines with a jazzy, rhythmic and energetic style that has been popular
with players and audiences worldwide. Born in 1947 into a musical family,
Tony Osborne studied at the Royal Academy of Music (London) with John Walton
(double bass) and Richard Stoker (composition), and divides a busy career
between composing, teaching and performing. A very prolific composer and
arranger, Tony's original compositions include works in almost every genre,
notably Chaconne Syncopations and Wainwright's Ways for brass quintet,
Celebration Fanfare for brass ensemble, the musical A Fine Time for Wine, a
beautiful and dramatic Requiem and many works for string orchestra. In 2001
Tony Osborne was elected an ARAM (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music)
for his pioneering and important work for double bass, and has been a
featured composer at Bass-Fest for the past decade. He was a very successful
BIBF Composer-in-residence in 2002-3 and wrote a number of impressive and
innovative works for the project. He has been a judge for the British
Composer Awards over the past few years and has been a judge for the BIBF
Composition Competition since 1999. Recital Music held a concert of Tony
Osborne's music at Wells Cathedral School in 2012, to celebrate the
composer's 65th birthday, and has formulated a 10-year project to publish all
his works for double bass. www.tony-osborne.com
