Chuck Marohnic
Chuck Marohnic is an American jazz - pianist , composer , arranger, university lecturer and author.
Chuck Marohnic played at the beginning of his career as a sideman with Joe Henderson , Ira Sullivan , Buddy Rich , Chet Baker ; worked with Klaus Ignatzek , Lyle Lovett and Joey Sellers as well as a church musician and arranger of piano arrangements of church hymns and hymns.
He also recorded several albums under his own name, as a soloist, in a trio line-up and with guest musicians such as Bennie Wallace , David Friesen , Steve Gilmore , Bill Goodwin and Joe LaBarbera for Steeplechase Records and the Dutch label Challenge .
Marohnic was a professor and director of jazz studies at Arizona State University from 1981 to 2003 ; former students of his were u. a. John Medeski and the rock guitarist Scott Henderson . He wrote four books on Jazz, How to Create Jazz Chord Progressions , 12 Keys to Jazz Concepts , 50 Practical Pro Tips, and Jazz Keyboard Study , which have been published by Advance Music Publishers . As a music teacher he took part in numerous festivals and workshops in Germany, Brazil and France. The video The Creation of a Solo Jazz Piano Arrangement was made in Brazil . Chuck Marohnic also worked with the Bulgarian National Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2000.
As a composer, Chuck Marohnic wrote music for piano arrangements and three pieces for wind quintet. More recently, a jazz piano and orchestra concerto entitled Desert Spirit was created , which premiered with the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra .
Discographic notes
- Copenhagen Suite (Steeplechase, 1978) with Bennie Wallace , Steve Gilmore , Bill Goodwin
- Permutations (Steeplechase, 1981) solo
- Many Mansions (Challenge, 1998) with David Friesen, Joe LaBarbera, Alan Jones
- Jazz! (Summit, 1999)
literature
- Bielefeld catalog. 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0141034010 .
Web links
- Works by and about Chuck Marohnic in the catalog of the German National Library
- Chuck Marohnic's website
- Chuck Marohnic at Allmusic (English)
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SURNAME | Marohnic, Chuck |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |