Bob Freedman
Robert M. "Bob" Freedman (actually Robert Morris , * 1934 in Wollaston , Quincy (Massachusetts) or Mount Vernon (New York) ; † December 22, 2018 in Scottsdale (Arizona) ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , alto saxophone , Arrangement ).
Live and act
Freedman grew up in Massachusetts and Cranston, Rhode Island; first he played the clarinet, then the piano. With Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging , he began to be interested in arranging. At the age of 14 he made his first professional appearances as a musician. While doing his military service he was stationed in Arizona; there he played with Chet Baker at regional Army events. In 1953 he presented a first album on Savoy Records , Piano Moods , on which Joe Reichgott had participated on bass and Bob Gibson on drums. From the mid-1950s he worked as a saxophonist and arranger, a. a. for Serge Chaloff , Vido Musso , Maynard Ferguson ( A Message from Newport , 1958), Herb Pomeroy , Woody Herman , Harry Belafonte , Duke Ellington , Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra , Paul Simon and Sarah Vaughan . With Quincy Jones he won a 1978 Grammy for arranging the theme song for The Wiz ( Overture Part One ). He received three other Grammy nominations. In later years he also arranged for Wynton Marsalis ( Hot House Flowers ), Nnenna Freelon , Renee Rosnes , David Fathead Newman , Rebecca Parris , Grover Washington, Jr. and Dianne Reeves . In the field of jazz he was involved in 33 recording sessions as a musician and arranger between 1953 and 2004. Most recently he lived in Arizona.
Freedman also taught at the Berklee School of Music ; he was also the musical director of a Boston recording studio. From 1958 he was a member of the ASCAP ; And We Listened is one of his most famous compositions .
Discographic notes
- Bob Freedman & His Orchestra: Duke Duke Duke - The Music of Duke Ellington (around 1955)
- Music to Strip By (around 1955), with Herb Pomeroy, Bill Berry , Bill Legan, Mike DiNapoli, Alex Cirin, Alan Dawson
- Bob Freedman, Ancient Jazz Quartet: Swinging On Broadway (Hallmark)
- Jonah Jones , Bobby Freedman: Jonah Jones Also Starring Bobby Freedman (Spin-O-Rama)
- The Journeys of Odysseus (1969)
Web links
- Bob Freedman at Discogs (English)
- Bob Freedman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marc Myers: Bob Freedman: Jazz Themes. Jazzwax, January 23, 2020, accessed on January 23, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marc Myers: Bob Freedman (1934-2019). Jazzwax, February 11, 2019, accessed on February 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 11, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freedman, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freedman, Robert M .; Morris, Robert (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Wollaston , Quincy (Massachusetts) or Mount Vernon (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd December 2018 |
| Place of death | Scottsdale, Arizona |