Andrew HOMZY
Andrew (Paul's) Homzy. Musicologist, composer, arranger, conductor (Toledo, O., 31 October 1945). B.Mus. (Baldwin-Wallace College) 1967, M.M.Ab (Mcgill) 1971. He played the tuba and cornet in his youth and studied the first instrument as well as music theory atBaldwin-Wallace CollegeIl joua dutuba et du cornet à pistons dans sa jeunesse et étudia le premier instrument ainsi que la théorie musicale au Baldwin-Wallace College, O., before settling in Montreal in 1967. His teachers were Harvey Phillips in particular (tuba, Cornell University, summersummer 1965), David Baker (improvisation, Ne. In. InNe. In. In, summersummer 1969) and Marvin Duchow (musicology, Mcgill university, where he wrote a memoir entitled "Jazz - style and theory : from its origin in ragtime and blues to the beginning of the big band era », 1932). While playing the tuba in symphony orchestrastuba, studio, of ballet and opera in Montreal, as well as with the Big Band of Vic Vogel, Homzy led several jazz groups, including Sax N. In. Indont Sax N. In. In (1975-77). In. In 1977, he became a professor at Concordia University where he was coder. of the jazz program with Charles Ellison and dir. of the music store (1982-83). In. In 1984, he founded a set of 16 musicians, the Andrew Homzy Jazz Orchestra. Specializing in major worksAndrew, the ensemble commissioned Francy Boland Concerto for Jazz Orchestra, Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael, Sackbuts and Harold Arlen Suite, and Ted Moses The Longer Shorter Suite (sequel from four pieces by Wayne Shorter). The group gave the North American creations of Genesis by Stan Tracey and Faces by Boland., as well as Canadian creations of compositions by Boland, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and George Russell. Homzy himself transcribed works by Duke Ellington and signed original compositionsDuke Ellington - including The Duality of the Blues and Tribute to Tadd Dameron. With his chef at the piano, the orchestra performed at Concordia University, at the FIJM every year (1985-90) and in Ottawa at the Ellington event '90, where Homzy acted as dir. mus. As part of his research on large-scale jazz compositions, he discovered in 1985, in spare parts, the manuscript of Epitaph by Charles Mingus, a work lasting two hours. In collaboration with Gunther Schuller. In. In, Homzy reconstructed and edited the score which was recorded under the direction of Schuller in 1989. He wrote the notices for this recording, and those of other records of Ellington's music. He has also featured extensively on the music of Ellington and Strayhorn. At the Ellington event '91, in Los Angeles, he conducted the Bill Berry Orchestra which performed unrecorded pieces from Ellington's Jump for Joy, reconstructed from scores deposited in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. Google machine translation: Andrew HOMZY's original bio |
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