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Jul 31, 2019 · The Jazz literature contains a number of descriptions of how the music moved from Swing to Bop and each one offers a slightly different point of emphasis. The following reconstruction is taken from Donald Maggin biography of Stan Getz entitled Stan Getz A Life in Jazz.
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Apr 12, 2018 · “Ralph Burns was bom in Newton, Massachusetts, on June 29, 1922. The family name was originally Byrnes, but such was the prejudice against the Irish in America that his grandfather changed it to the Scottish spelling. The family was in real estate. "I was the black sheep," he said.
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Jun 15, 2009 · two albums which i'd consider swing to bop and which i like a lot are ralph burns bijou (a twofer cd of two 10 inch albums for period, quartet with tal farlow) and with a larger band burns jazz studio album... but these are from the fifties...
Of the dozens of fine composers and arrangers to come out of New England, none was ever more accomplished or more prolific than Ralph Burns, who left indelible marks on music in America from coast to coast and not only in the jazz idiom.
Nov 29, 2001 · Obituary. Ralph Burns. Elegant arranger whose creations graced big bands, Broadway and Hollywood. Wed 28 Nov 2001 22.17 EST. Last month saw the departure of Manny Albam (obituary, October 12),...
SWING TO BOP (1941) by Charlie Christian. Charlie Christian is generally recognised as the person who popularised the electric guitar (although not the first) and who changed everyones...
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Mar 6, 2006 · Free Forms and Winter Sequence by Ralph Burns released in 2006. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
