1982-11-09
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Creator (cre): Liston, Melba
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1982-11-09
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Composer and jazz trombonist Melba Liston delivered 2 lectures. Liston's second lecture was on 11/9/1982 2015-0002/RR219). Liston is often credited with being the 1st woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s. Liston, although now known for her arrangements, began as a trombone player in the 1940s and early 1950s. After relocating to Los Angeles from her native Kansas City, Missouri, Liston began performing professionally in Gerald Wilson’s big band from 1943-1948. After performing with Wilson, she often played in small ensembles with Dexter Gordon. Following a tour of the South with Billie Holiday during the early 1950s, Liston became disillusioned with touring and focused on arranging for a number of years. In 1957, Liston was hired by Dizzy Gillespie for State Department tours to the Middle East, Asia, and South America. During these tours, Liston’s arrangements of “Stella by Starlight,” “My Reverie,” and “Annie’s Dance” were featured. The year following she recorded her first album as a band leader, in 1959 she toured Europe with Quincy Jones, and then became an in-house arranger for the label Riverside. During this time she met Randy Weston, with whom she would collaborate on ten album with. In the subsequent years of her career, Liston scored arrangements for Tony Bennett, Art Blakely, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Griffin, Milt Jackson, Gloria Lynne, Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, the Supremes, and Clark Terry. Liston also taught at the University of the West Indies and the Jamaica Institute of Music from 1973-1979.
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41.8, -72.25
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Source identifier: MSS 2015.0002
MSS 2015.0002
2015-0002/RR 219
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