Los Angeles (orchestra)
Encyclopedia
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979). Some of the more notable members included: John Faddis, Snooky Young
, Bill Watrous
, David Duke
, Hubert Laws
, Bud Shank
, Plas Johnson
and Buddy Collette
.
Snooky Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.-Biography:...
, Bill Watrous
Bill Watrous
William Russell Watrous III is a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name...
, David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
, Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
, Bud Shank
Bud Shank
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
, Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
Plas John Johnson Jr. is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most familiar as the lead on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme"....
and Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
William Marcel "Buddy" Collette was an American tenor saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist. He was highly influential in the West coast jazz and West Coast blues mediums, also collaborating with saxophonist Dexter Gordon, drummer Chico Hamilton, and his lifelong friend, bassist Charles...
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Concertmasters
- Harry Bluestone
- Gerald Vinci
- Janice Gower
- Charles Veal
- Paul Shure
- Sid Sharp
- Assa Drori
- James Getzoff
- Israel Baker
- Marcy Dicterow
- Sidney Harth
- William Henderson
- Jack Shulman
- Sephra Herman
Violins
- Harry Bluestone
- Gerald Vinci
- Janice Gower
- Marcy Dicterow
- Charles Veal
- Paul Shure
- Sid Sharp
- Assa Drori
- Jack Shulman
- James Getzoff
- Jay Rosen
- William Kurasch
- Murray Adler
- Bernard Kundell
- Lou Klass
- Joy Lyle
- Marvin Limonick
- Henry Ferber
- Israel Baker
- Bonnie Douglas
- Anatol Kaminsky
- Marshall Sosson
- Henry Roth
- Robert Lipsett
- Nathan Ross
- Robert Sushel
- Sheldon Sanov
- Ronald Folsom
- Stanley Plummer
- William Henderson
- Ronald Clark
- Pavel Farkas
- Robert Dubow
- Wint Garvey
- Cynthia Kovacs
- Gina Kronstadt
- Joanne Murakami
- Ross Paguil
- Pam Tompkins
- Harris Goldman
- Joseph Goodman
- Jack Gootkin
- Carl LaMagna
- Betty LaMagna
- Joseph Livoti
- Jerome Reisler
- Anton Sen
- Haim Shtrum
- Ilkka Talvi
- Judith Talvi
- Rosmen Torfeh
- Jerome Webster
- Pamela Gates
- Sherman Bryana
- Leeana Sherman
- Wilbert Nuttycombe
- Connie Kupka
- John Wittenberg
- Arnold Belnick
- Jack Watts
Violas
- Marilyn Baker
- Rollice Dale
- Virginia Majewski
- James Ross
- Linda Lipsett
- Laurie Woods
- Gareth Nuttycombe
- Linn Subotnick
- Alexander Neiman
- Laury Jarvis
- Norm Forrest
- Mark Kovacs
- David Schwartz
- Myer Bello
- Samuel Boghossian
- Leonard Selic
- Allan Harshman
Cellos
- Jesse Ehrlich
- Karen B. Henderson
- Douglas Davis
- Gloria Strassner
- Harry Shultz
- Jacqueline Lustgarten
- Miguel Martinez
- Daniel Smith
- Kevan Torfeh
- Larry Corbett
- Robert Adcock
- Delores Bing
- Jan Kelley
- John Walz
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Raymond Kelley
Trumpets
- John Faddis
- Virgil Jones
- Chuck FindleyChuck FindleyChuck Findley is an American session musician. Most widely-known as a trumpet player, he also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone...
- Snooky YoungSnooky YoungEugene Edward "Snooky" Young was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.-Biography:...
- Bill Lamb
- Oscar BrashearOscar BrashearOscar Brashear is an American jazz trumpeter and session musician.After studying at DuSable High School he worked briefly with Woody Herman before going on to join Count Basie '68-9, returning to freelance in Chicago with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon and James Moody...
- Bobby Bryant
- Michael Harris
- Jerry Hey
- Steve Madaio
- Paul Hubinon
- Warren Luening
- Jack Laubath
- Leslie Drayton
- Gary Grant
- Warren Roche
- Harry Kim
- Curt Sletten
Trombones
- Chauncey Welsch
- Robert Payne
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Donald Waldrop
- Bill WatrousBill WatrousWilliam Russell Watrous III is a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name...
- Charles Loper
- George Bohannon
- Garnett BrownGarnett BrownGarnett Brown is a jazz trombonist who has worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, and others.He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and later studied film scoring and electronic music at UCLA In 1974 he won the Down Beat Reader's poll for trombonist, and...
- Benjamin Powell
- William Reichenbach
- Maurice Spears
- David Stout
- Phil Ranelin
Horns
- Henry Sigismonti
- David Duke
- Barbara Korn
- Sidney Muldrow
- Richard Perissi
- Merilyn Robinson
- Arthur Maebe
- Robert Henderson
- George Hyde
- Gail Robinson
- Claude Sherry
- James Decker
- Aubrey Bouck
Saxophones
- Ron Asprey
- Jim Cuomo
- Ronnie RossRonnie RossAlbert Ronald "Ronnie" Ross was a jazz baritone saxophonist.Ross moved to England in 1946 and began playing tenor saxophone in the 1950s with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath, and Don Rendell. During his tenure with Rendell he switched to baritone saxophone...
- Jack Lister
- Ray WarleighRay WarleighRaymond 'Ray' Kenneth Warleigh , is a leading UK-based alto saxophonist and flautist...
- Stan Sultzmann
- Herman Riley
- Plas JohnsonPlas JohnsonPlas John Johnson Jr. is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most familiar as the lead on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme"....
Flutes
- Ernie WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
- Mike Altshul
- Doug Richardson
- Hubert LawsHubert LawsHubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
- Bud ShankBud ShankClifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
- John J. Kelson (Jackie KelsoJackie KelsoJohn Joseph Kelson Jr., better known by his stage name Jackie Kelso is an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist....
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