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Robert Frederick Graettinger (1923 - 1957) composer/arranger Until shortly Robert Graettinger was known only to a small circle of jazz enthusiasts. His composition, 'City of Glass', recorded on the initiative of Stan Kenton in 1951, evoked disconcerted responses from 'chaos' to 'this isn't jazz' to 'Wagnerian pretentiousness'. Graettinger began his career as an alto saxophonist with several lesserknown bands in California, but he soon put his sax away because, as he said to one of his friends, "I have more to say than I can express with just one instrument". He studied composition for a brief period at the Westlake School of Music in Los Angeles. At the age of eighteen, he showed one of his compositions to Stan Kenton, who encouraged him to continue. In 1947, Kenton added Graettinger's 'Thermopylae' to the band's repertoire. From that time onward, Graettinger, with Pete Rugolo and Bill Russo, was one of the staff arrangers for Kenton's orchestra, which had a reputation for being 'progressive'. Stan Kenton's name may have lost most of its luster among today's jazz aficionados; nevertheless, one of the most important achievements of his career is that he gave the youthful Robert Graettinger a chance to compose pieces, to make arrangements of standards, and to be part of the process when Kenton made recordings of avant-garde pieces with his orchestra. Pete Rugolo and Bill Russo composed big band pieces in the jazz tradition; Graettinger, in contrast, tried to incorporate developments from modern classical music into the big band idiom.
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Martijn Sohier, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jan Wessels, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Jimmy Davis, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claron McFadden, Soloist, MainArtist - James Sherman, Lyricist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ram Ramirez, Lyricist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Harry Warren, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Richard A. Whiting, Composer - Claron McFadden, Soloist, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Luther Dixon, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Maarten Ornstein, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jan Wessels, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Suite for String Trio and Wind Quartet (Robert Frederick Graettinger)
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Daniel Esser, MainArtist - Margreet Bongers, MainArtist - Marleen Asberg, MainArtist - Bob Stoel, MainArtist - Roland Krämer, MainArtist - Jan Spronk, MainArtist - Paul Verhey, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Daniel Esser, MainArtist - Margreet Bongers, MainArtist - Marleen Asberg, MainArtist - Bob Stoel, MainArtist - Roland Krämer, MainArtist - Jan Spronk, MainArtist - Paul Verhey, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Daniel Esser, MainArtist - Margreet Bongers, MainArtist - Marleen Asberg, MainArtist - Bob Stoel, MainArtist - Roland Krämer, MainArtist - Jan Spronk, MainArtist - Paul Verhey, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Wiek Hijmans, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Vernon Duke, Composer - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kay Swift, Composer - Paul James, Lyricist - Claron McFadden, Soloist, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Maarten Ornstein, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Matt Dennis, Composer - Tom Adair, Lyricist - Claron McFadden, Soloist, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Martijn Sohier, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jan Wessels, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jan Wessels, MainArtist - Werner Herbers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ebony Big Band, MainArtist - Robert Frederick Graettinger, Composer
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
Album review
Robert Frederick Graettinger (1923 - 1957) composer/arranger Until shortly Robert Graettinger was known only to a small circle of jazz enthusiasts. His composition, 'City of Glass', recorded on the initiative of Stan Kenton in 1951, evoked disconcerted responses from 'chaos' to 'this isn't jazz' to 'Wagnerian pretentiousness'. Graettinger began his career as an alto saxophonist with several lesserknown bands in California, but he soon put his sax away because, as he said to one of his friends, "I have more to say than I can express with just one instrument". He studied composition for a brief period at the Westlake School of Music in Los Angeles. At the age of eighteen, he showed one of his compositions to Stan Kenton, who encouraged him to continue. In 1947, Kenton added Graettinger's 'Thermopylae' to the band's repertoire. From that time onward, Graettinger, with Pete Rugolo and Bill Russo, was one of the staff arrangers for Kenton's orchestra, which had a reputation for being 'progressive'. Stan Kenton's name may have lost most of its luster among today's jazz aficionados; nevertheless, one of the most important achievements of his career is that he gave the youthful Robert Graettinger a chance to compose pieces, to make arrangements of standards, and to be part of the process when Kenton made recordings of avant-garde pieces with his orchestra. Pete Rugolo and Bill Russo composed big band pieces in the jazz tradition; Graettinger, in contrast, tried to incorporate developments from modern classical music into the big band idiom.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ebony Big Band Werner Herbers Claron McFadden
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Channel Classics
- Genre: Classical
2006 Channel Classics Records 2006 Channel Classics Records
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