Gil Fuller
Walter Gilbert "Gil" Fuller (* 14. April 1920 in Los Angeles , † 26. May 1994 in San Diego ) was an American jazz - arranger of the bebop . He worked with Dizzy Gillespie .
Life
Gil Fuller studied at New York University, then went back to the West Coast and was arranger for Les Hite 1940-42 and Floyd Ray . He returned to New York with Ray in 1938 and later worked for Jimmie Lunceford and Tiny Bradshaw . When Billy Eckstine founded his large orchestra in 1944 , he became its arranger. During this time he also worked for Benny Carter , Benny Goodman , Woody Herman , Count Basie , Machito and Tito Puente . He later helped put together the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band by Gillespie, of which he became director and for which he wrote several compositions and provided the arrangements, such as for the works Manteca , Swedish Suite and One Bass Hit . After 1957, when he left New York and settled in his hometown of Los Angeles, he founded his own music publishing company, worked as a producer and only worked as an arranger for a while, such as for Stan Kenton in 1955, James Moody or Ray Charles in 1962. 1965 worked he again worked with Gillespie for his concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival and organized his big band for a European tour.
As the most important arranger of bebop , Fuller made decisive contributions to the transfer of modern jazz into the soundscape of large orchestras. His composition “Things To Come” became the programmatic motto of the bebop that was prevalent at the time. Dizzy Gillespie paid tribute to Fuller in his autobiography: Nobody can beat Walter when it comes to organization and arrangement .
Discography
- Benny Carter: The Deluxe Recordings (Swingtime, 1944)
- Kenny Clarke: Kenny Clarke And His 52nd Street Boys - on: Fats Navarro: The 1946-1949 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 1 (Blue Moon)
- Gil Fuller And His Orchestra: The Bebop Boys (Savoy, 1949 (anthology))
- Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Gallery (RCA)
- Dizzy Gillespie: The Monterey Festival Jazz Orchestra (Blue Note, 1965)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt 1988.
- Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 1988 & 2001.
Web links
- American portrait http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/f/F105.HTM
Remarks
- ↑ Quoted from Kunzler, p. 387.
- ^ Fuller arranged the titles Jump Call and Patience And Fortitude .
- ↑ The double album contains the titles Tropicana, Blues To A Debutante, The Scene Changes, Mean To Me . In Gil Fuller's band (voc, arr), there were: Sahib Shihab , Jimmy Heath , Cecil Payne , Percy Heath , Milt Jackson and Art Blakey .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuller, Gil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuller, Walter Gilbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz arranger of bebop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1994 |
| Place of death | San Diego |