Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female...
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Melba Liston and Her 'Bones is the sole album led by trombonist, arranger and composer Melba Liston, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958. The All...
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likes of Armstrong, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Melba Liston face a painful dilemma: how to represent a country where segregation...
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Volcano Blues (category Melba Liston albums)
Volcano Blues is an album by pianist Randy Weston and Melba Liston, who arranged and conducted most of the music. It was recorded on February 5 and 6,...
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John Letman, The Many Angles of John Letman (Bethlehem, 1960) Melba Liston, Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (Metrojazz, 1959) Gloria Lynne, At Basin Street...
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musicians like Mary Lou Williams, Meshell Ndegeocello, Alice Coltrane, and Melba Liston and has considered African American women's role in contemporary gospel...
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Salim) – 2:32 Originally released on World Statesman "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) – 4:05 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece "Cool Breeze" (Dameron...
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And Then Again (category Albums arranged by Melba Liston)
(Melba Liston) - 7:35 "Elvin Elpus" (Liston) - 5:52 "Soon After" (Jodora Marshall) - 3:35 "Forever Summer" (Thad Jones) - 4:04 "Len Sirrah" (Liston) -...
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1999). "Melba Liston; Jazz Trombonist, Composer". Los Angeles Times. Beckett, S. (April 2019). "The First Woman Trombonist in Big Bands – Melba Liston, 1926–1999"...
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at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, and arranged by Melba Liston. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:16...
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