Fred Stone (musician)

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Fred (die) Stone (born September 9, 1935 in Toronto ; † December 10, 1986 ibid) was a Canadian flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.

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Stone, whose father, the saxophonist Archie Stone , directed the orchestra of the Casono Theater in Toronto from 1936 to 1960 , took trumpet lessons from Donald Reinhardt in Philadelphia between 1950 and 1955 during the summer months . He then studied composition with Gordon Delamont (1955–60) and John Weinzweig (1960–62).

At the age of sixteen he played in Benny Louis' dance orchestra and between 1955 and 1967 he was active in various orchestras of the CBC . As a soloist he has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Winnipeg, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Ottawa and San Diego as well as with the jazz musicians Ron Collier (1960–73) and Phil Nimmons (1965–70) and the ensembles Boss Brass (1968 -70) and Lighthouse (1969-70). In the late 1960s he also experimented with an amplified horn and early forms of the synthesizer .

1970/71 Stone took part in a tour of the Duke Ellington Orchestra through North America and Europe. On his return he began his career as a music teacher: first as composer in residence at Centennial College (1972–73), then at Humber College (1973–75) and from 1976 at George Brown College and the Blue Mountain School of Music .

After Stone had to give up his career as a musician for health reasons in 1984, he founded an improvisation ensemble for his students, which was known as Freddie's Band and in which musicians such as saxophonists Jonnie Bakan , Rob Frayne , Nic Gotham and Perry White , trombonist Steve Donald , trumpeter Michael White , cornetist Roland Bourgeois , bassist George Koller and drummer Graeme Kirkland played. After Stone's death, the ensemble was continued under the name Freeunion Collectiv in his sense .

As a composer, Stone a. a. with two suites for electric flugelhorn and symphony orchestra, as well as smaller pieces for jazz band and big band. In addition to appearances as a sideman, he released two albums of his own: The Music of Fred Stone (1972) and In Season (1986).

The Sound Symposium founded the Freddie Stone Award in 1991 , the first recipient of which was bassist Lisle Ellis .

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SURNAME Stone, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stone, Freddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1986
Place of death Toronto