Woodrow Charles Herman, nasceu em Milwaukee, Wisconsin no 16 de maio de 1913. Conhecido no mundo do jazz como Woody Herman, iniciou a carreira em 1936 como “band leader”, clarinetista e saxofonista alto conduzindo varias bandas até assumir a orquestra de Isham Jones.
"Herd" era o nome pelo qual suas bandas ficaram conhecidas. Nos anos 30 tocou dixieland e swing, posteriormente sofreu influencias do bebop e mais tarde experimentou pop e jazz fusion.
A “Herman Herd” foi homenageada com uma composição do compositor russo Igor Stravinsky, composta especialmente para ele: The Ebony Concert , em 1945.
O saxofonista Stan Getz e o trombonista Sam Wilson eram nomes de ponta que o ajudavam a executar o som exuberante e original da musica que produzia. O famoso quarteto formado por integrante da Herd era conhecido como “Four Brothers” e formado pelos saxofonistas Stan Getz, Zoot Simms, Al Cohn e Gene Ammons.
O cd “Woody Herman featuring Stan Getz” marca o registro do concerto ao vivo no Carnegie Hall em New York celebrando os 40 anos de Woody como “band leader” e teve a participação de Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Giuffre e Joe Lovano. A must have cd.
Herman faleceu em outubro de 1967 em Los Angeles.
Woodrow Charles Herman, band leader, saxophonist and clarinetist was born on may 16th 1913 in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. After early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones, and when Jones's group disbanded in 1936 Herman used its leading sidemen as the nucleus for his own orchestra.
This band went through a number of changes of personnel, such as the inclusion in 1943 of Chubby Jackson and in 1944 of Neal Hefti, Ralph Burns, Flip Phillips, and Bill Harris (by the mid-1940s, under the name Herman's Herd, it was internationally famous for the force and originality of its music).
Herman reformed the band in 1947, and the distinctive feature of the Second Herd was the group of saxophonists (three tenor and one baritone) who came to be known as the Four Brothers; among the musicians who played in the section were Serge Chaloff, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Gene Ammons.
Reference/Fonte – AAJ
Tradução – Humberto Amorim
"Herd" era o nome pelo qual suas bandas ficaram conhecidas. Nos anos 30 tocou dixieland e swing, posteriormente sofreu influencias do bebop e mais tarde experimentou pop e jazz fusion.
A “Herman Herd” foi homenageada com uma composição do compositor russo Igor Stravinsky, composta especialmente para ele: The Ebony Concert , em 1945.
O saxofonista Stan Getz e o trombonista Sam Wilson eram nomes de ponta que o ajudavam a executar o som exuberante e original da musica que produzia. O famoso quarteto formado por integrante da Herd era conhecido como “Four Brothers” e formado pelos saxofonistas Stan Getz, Zoot Simms, Al Cohn e Gene Ammons.
O cd “Woody Herman featuring Stan Getz” marca o registro do concerto ao vivo no Carnegie Hall em New York celebrando os 40 anos de Woody como “band leader” e teve a participação de Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Giuffre e Joe Lovano. A must have cd.
Herman faleceu em outubro de 1967 em Los Angeles.
Woodrow Charles Herman, band leader, saxophonist and clarinetist was born on may 16th 1913 in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. After early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones, and when Jones's group disbanded in 1936 Herman used its leading sidemen as the nucleus for his own orchestra.
This band went through a number of changes of personnel, such as the inclusion in 1943 of Chubby Jackson and in 1944 of Neal Hefti, Ralph Burns, Flip Phillips, and Bill Harris (by the mid-1940s, under the name Herman's Herd, it was internationally famous for the force and originality of its music).
Herman reformed the band in 1947, and the distinctive feature of the Second Herd was the group of saxophonists (three tenor and one baritone) who came to be known as the Four Brothers; among the musicians who played in the section were Serge Chaloff, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Gene Ammons.
Reference/Fonte – AAJ
Tradução – Humberto Amorim
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