[情報] R.I.P. George Russell
Jazz composer George Russell dies at 86
By Associated Press
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
BOSTON — Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories
influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.
His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died
Monday in Boston at age 86 of complications from Alzheimer’s.
Russell was born in Cincinnati in 1923 and attended Wilberforce University.
He played drums in Benny Carter’s band and later wrote "Cubano Be/Cubano
Bop" for Dizzy Gillespie’s orchestra. It premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1947
and was the first fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz.
Russell developed the Lydian concept in 1953. It’s credited as the first
theoretical contribution from jazz.
Russell is survived by his wife, his son and three grandchildren. A release
says a memorial service will be planned.
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