Clem DeRosa

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Clem DeRosa (also Clem de Rosa , * 20th May 1925 ; † 20th December 2011 in Texas ) was an American jazz - drummer , arranger , band leader and music teacher .

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DeRosa was already playing with well-known jazz musicians in the New York area at the age of 15; at 18, his career was interrupted by military service in World War II. During this time he played in Glenn Miller's Air Corps bands . After his discharge from the army he worked as a professional drummer and played in the 1950s a. a. with Charles Mingus ( Jazzical Moods 1954), Marian McPartland , Teo Macero , Teddy Wilson , Thad Jones , Ben Webster , Clark Terry , Phil Woods , Coleman Hawkins , Dennis Sandole , Wally Cirillo / John LaPorta ( In Conceptions 1957), Kenyon Hopkins and Bobby Hackett .

At the Juilliard School he studied composition and orchestral conducting; at the Manhattan School of Music he then earned a master's degree. In the following years he worked in music education; DeRosa became one of the defining figures in jazz music education in the 1960s. DeRosa co-founded and chaired the National Association of Jazz Educators , which eventually became the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). In this role he worked at Stan Kenton as a lecturer at the Stan Kenton Clinics with Gene Hall and Leon Breeden . He has taught at the Columbia University faculty . He has performed with student jazz ensembles on Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin's television shows . Many of his students became members of his One O'Clock Lab bands , which he led at North Texas State College in the 1960s. He received an honorary doctorate from Five Towns College; In 1990 he was inducted into the IAJE Hall of Fame .

After he retired in 1980, he worked primarily as a band leader. DeRosa directed the Glenn Miller Orchestra , whose recording In the Digital Mood for GRP Records received a gold record ; he also directed the ghost bands Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. From the 1990s he directed the New York City Big Band .

He is also the co-author of several books he wrote with Mel Lewis , Dick Hyman , Michael Moore, and Ed Shaughnessy . Shortly before his death, he moved from New Jersey to Texas, where he lived with his wife near his son Richard (* 1955), who is also a drummer and music teacher.

Discographic notes

  • Clem DeRosa - Pioneer of Jazz Education
  • The Sandole Brothers & Guests (Zyx Music, 1955, ed. 2001)

Publications (selection)

  • Dick Hyman, Clem DeRosa: It's Time for Some Piano Changes . Kendor Music, Delevan 1980, OCLC 7807113 .
  • Clem DeRosa, Mel Lewis: It's Time: For the Big Band Drummer. Kendor Music, Delevan 1978, OCLC 41748697 .
  • Clem DeRosa, Ed Shaughnessy: Show Drumming: The Essential Guide to Playing Drumset for Live Shows and Musicals. Hal Leonard Corp, 2004
  • Clem DeRosa, Michael Moore: The Michael Moore bass method. Rottenburg (Tübingen): Advance Music Products, 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary in University of North Texas ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazz.unt.edu
  2. ^ The Boston composers project: a bibliography of contemporary music
  3. ↑ Alex Stewart: Making the scene: contemporary New York City big band jazz
  4. ↑ Leornard Feather & Ira Gitler. The Biographical ENCYCLOPEDIA of Jazz
personal data
SURNAME DeRosa, Clem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES de Rosa, Clem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1925
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 2011
Place of death Texas