She cut her teeth as a trombonist in the big bands of Gerald Wilson and Dizzy Gillespie and scored classic records for Marvin Gaye and others.... Melba Liston: Bones Of An Arranger One of the few ...

Christmas Eve; What's My Line Theme; You Don't Say; Dark Before Dawn; Pow; Blues Melba; Trolley Song; Wonder Why; Insomnia; Very Syrian Business; Never Do An Abadanian; Zagred This. Melba Liston, ...

Saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield’s new CD Melba!, which Origin Records will release on April 16, has been a long time coming. Bradfield’s suite for jazz septet, a tribute to the great yet ...

The NEC Jazz Orchestra will present African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston on Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall. Conducted by Ken Schaphorst, the program honors the ...

You’d think that any jazz musician who wrote for Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, Billy Eckstine and Randy Weston – and also played trombone for Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Gerald Wilson – would be ...

The NEC Jazz Orchestra presents a concert celebrating the collaborative work of Randy Weston and Melba Liston. Conducted by Ken Schaphorst, this performance highlights iconic pieces such as Little ...

LOS ANGELES -- Melba Liston, a trombonist and arranger who worked with some of the best bands in jazz, died April 23 after a series of strokes, said a friend, pianist Randy Weston. She was 73 and ...

It was a great weekend for jazz composition, as two noteworthy Chicago musicians showed their skills with a pen, as well as a horn. Saxophonist Geof Bradfield already had caught listeners’ attention ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Sextet in a performance of Melba Liston’s composition “Now, Ain’t It” in celebration of Women’s History ...

One of the few women to succeed as both a jazz instrumentalist and an arranger, Melba Liston was a true jazz pioneer. In the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, she played trombone in the big bands of Gerald ...