[78-L] Bob Brookmeyer

[Cary Ginell]

I met Maria Schneider once - interviewed her for a radio show aoubt 16 years ago and I recall her mentioning Brookmeyer. Like him, Maria was charming and intelligent.
 
Cary Ginell
 

> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:02:07 -0500
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bob Brookmeyer
> 
> I interviewed him when I was editor of an educational jazz magazine, but
> the interview never ran because the magazine only printed one issue. I
> found Bob to be a lovely man, passionate about his music, blessed because
> he overcame addictions, and someone who had very good advice to share. I
> told him that when I returned to composing, that I wanted to be part of one
> of his workshops.
> 
> His later music is not easy, but he never forgot his roots, and they can be
> heard even in his most complex pieces. He was the teacher of two composers
> who are highly regarded in the modern big band world, Maria Schneider and
> James Darcy Argue. I will certainly miss him.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here's an obit from Terry Teachout:
> >
> > http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2011/12/tt_bob_brookmeyer_rip.html
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Unconfirmed report that jazz valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer has died at
> > > the age of 81. Brookmeyer replaced Chet Baker in Gerry Mulligan
> > "pianoless"
> > > quartet in the mid-1950s.
> > >
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