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George Roberts (trombonist)

Index George Roberts (trombonist)

George Roberts (known as "Mr. Bass Trombone") was an American trombonist. [1]

72 relations: Academy Awards, Afro-Cuban Influence, An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi, An Invisible Orchard, Axel Stordahl, Billy May, Bing Crosby, Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings, Blood, Chet and Tears, Buddy Bregman, Chet Baker, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Des Moines, Iowa, Don Costa, Ella Fitzgerald, Elmer Bernstein, Enter the Dragon (soundtrack), Folk Songs for Far Out Folk, Frank Sinatra, Fred Katz (cellist), Gene Krupa, Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!, Gordon Jenkins, Hair (Stan Kenton album), It's All Over but the Swingin', Jaws (film), Jazz Waltz (Shorty Rogers album), Judy Garland, Junior Mance, Kenton Showcase, Kenton with Voices, King Kong (1976 film), Lalo Schifrin, Los Angeles, Louie Bellson, Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne, Mannix (album), More Mission: Impossible, Music for Hi-Fi Bugs, Music from Mission: Impossible, Nat King Cole, Nelson Riddle, New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm, New Sounds by Pete Rugolo, Out on a Limb (album), Pete Rugolo, Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton, Portrait of Shorty, Portraits on Standards, Rugolomania, ..., Sammy Davis Jr., Sarah Vaughan, Shorty Rogers, Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers, Sketches on Standards, Stan Kenton, Straight Ahead! (Junior Mance album), The Carol Burnett Show, The Dinah Shore Show, The Fourth Dimension in Sound, The Kenton Era, The Music from Richard Diamond, The Swingin' Nutcracker, This Modern World (album), Tony Bennett, Trombone, Types of trombone, United States, United States Navy, Urbie Green, Verve Records, 10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos. Expand index (22 more) »

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Afro-Cuban Influence

Afro-Cuban Influence is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers which was released by RCA Victor in 1958.

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An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi

An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi (also released as An Adventure in Sound - Brass) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on the Mercury label in 1958.

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An Invisible Orchard

An Invisible Orchard is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers which was recorded for RCA Victor in 1961 but remained unreleased by the label until 1997.

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Axel Stordahl

Axel Stordahl (August 8, 1913 – August 30, 1963) was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s.

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Billy May

Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings

Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings was Bing Crosby's sixth LP, his first album for Verve, recorded and released in a mono format in 1956.

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Blood, Chet and Tears

Blood, Chet and Tears is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker recorded in 1970 and released on the Verve label.

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Buddy Bregman

Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman (July 9, 1930 – January 8, 2017) was an American arranger, producer, and composer.

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.

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Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Don Costa

Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.

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Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores.

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Enter the Dragon (soundtrack)

Enter the Dragon is a soundtrack album to the motion picture of the same name by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1973 and released on the Warner Bros. label.

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Folk Songs for Far Out Folk

Folk Songs for Far Out Folk is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Warner Bros. in 1959 and featuring orchestral jazz interpretations of African, Hebrew and American folk tunes.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Fred Katz (cellist)

Frederick Katz (February 25, 1919 – September 7, 2013) was an American cellist and composer.

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Gene Krupa

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz and big band drummer, band leader, actor, and composer.

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Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!

Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.

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Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer and pianist who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s, renowned for his lush string arrangements.

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Hair (Stan Kenton album)

Hair is an album by bandleader Stan Kenton featuring big band versions of tunes from the rock musical Hair recorded in 1969 for Capitol Records.

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It's All Over but the Swingin'

It's All Over but the Swingin is a 1957 album by Sammy Davis, Jr., arranged by Jack Pleis and Morty Stevens.

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Jaws (film)

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name.

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Jazz Waltz (Shorty Rogers album)

Jazz Waltz is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise label in 1963.

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.

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Junior Mance

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (known as Junior Mance, born October 10, 1928) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Kenton Showcase

Kenton Showcase is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton recorded in early 1954 and originally released as two 10 inch LPs on Capitol, one each featuring compositions and arrangements by Bill Holman and Bill Russo, which were combined as a 12-inch LP in 1955.

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Kenton with Voices

Kenton with Voices is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Capitol label.

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King Kong (1976 film)

King Kong is a 1976 American monster film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin.

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Lalo Schifrin

Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Louie Bellson

Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer.

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Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne

Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances of tunes written by Jule Styne recorded in 1960 for the Verve label.

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Mannix (album)

Mannix (subtitled Themes from the Original Score of the Paramount Television Show) is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Paramount label.

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More Mission: Impossible

More Mission Impossible is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1968 and released on the Paramount label.

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Music for Hi-Fi Bugs

Music for Hi-Fi Bugs (also released as Music from Out of Space) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and originally released on the EmArcy label as a 12-inch LP.

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Music from Mission: Impossible

Music from Mission Impossible is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1967 and released on the Dot label.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Nelson Riddle

Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s.

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New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm

New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm is an album by Stan Kenton.

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New Sounds by Pete Rugolo

New Sounds by Pete Rugolo is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo, featuring unreleased performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 for Columbia Records and released on the budget Harmony label in 1957.

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Out on a Limb (album)

Out on a Limb is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and originally released on the EmArcy label as a 12-inch LP.

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Pete Rugolo

Pietro "Pete" Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American jazz composer, arranger and record producer.

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Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton

Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP and 45 rpm EP on Capitol before being reissued as a 12-inch LP with additional tracks in 1955.

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Portrait of Shorty

Portrait of Shorty is an album by American jazz trumpeter composer and arranger Shorty Rogers which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1958.

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Portraits on Standards

Portraits on Standards is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP.

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Rugolomania

Rugolomania is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Columbia label.

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor and comedian.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

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Shorty Rogers

Milton "Shorty" Rogers (April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz.

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Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers

Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Richard Rodgers, issued by RCA Victor in 1957.

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Sketches on Standards

Sketches on Standards (subtitled Request selections from the Kenton Dance Library) is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP.

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Stan Kenton

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist.

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Straight Ahead! (Junior Mance album)

Straight Ahead! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.

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The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show (also Carol Burnett and Friends in syndication) is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner.

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The Dinah Shore Show

The Dinah Shore Show is an American variety show which was broadcast by NBC from November 1951 to July 1957, sponsored by General Motors' Chevrolet division.

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The Fourth Dimension in Sound

The Fourth Dimension in Sound (subtitled A Musical Experiment in the Adaptation of Instruments to Modern Electronics) is an album by bandleader and arranger Shorty Rogers recorded in late 1961 and released on the Warner Bros. label.

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The Kenton Era

The Kenton Era is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring recordings from 1940 to 1954 which was originally released in two limited edition box sets, as fifteen 7 inch 45 rpm discs and four 12 inch LPs, on Capitol in 1955.

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The Music from Richard Diamond

The Music from Richard Diamond is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring compositions written for Richard Diamond, Private Detective recorded in 1959 and first released on the EmArcy label.

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The Swingin' Nutcracker

The Swingin' Nutcracker is a 1960 RCA Victor album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions adapted from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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This Modern World (album)

This Modern World is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances of compositions by Robert Graettinger recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP on Capitol as well as a set of three 7 inch 45 rpm singles.

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Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.

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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Types of trombone

There are many different types of trombone.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Urbie Green

Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (born August 8, 1926) is an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.

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Verve Records

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.

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10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos

10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1960 and first released on the Mercury label as part of its audiophile Perfect Presence Sound Series.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roberts_(trombonist)

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