Don Sebesky • The Distant Galaxy

 

Biography
by Richard S. Ginell
Don Sebesky is best known as house arranger for many of producer Creed Taylor's Verve, A&M, and CTI productions; the man whose orchestral backgrounds helped make artists like Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson acceptable to audiences outside of jazz. He has taken critical heat for this, but Sebesky's arrangements have usually been among the classiest in his field, reflecting a solid knowledge of the orchestra, drawing variously from big band jazz, rock, ethnic music, classical music of all eras, and even the avant-garde for ideas. He once cited Bartok as his favorite composer, but one also hears lots of Stravinsky in his work.

Sebesky started out professionally as a trombonist while still at the Manhattan School of Music, working with Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, the Tommy Dorsey Band led by Warren Covington, Maynard Ferguson, and Stan Kenton. In 1960, he gave up the trombone to concentrate upon arranging and conducting, eventually receiving the breakthrough assignment of Montgomery's Bumpin' album (1965). Some of the most attractive examples of his work for jazz headliners include Bumpin', Benson's The Shape of Things to Come, Desmond's From the Hot Afternoon, and Hubbard's First Light. He began to step out into the spotlight with the release of his all-star Giant Box, which was followed by sporadic further releases on CTI and GNP/Crescendo. He has also written classical works and a book, The Contemporary Arranger (Port Washington, NY, 1975).
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-sebesky-mn0000801711/biography

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Biografía
por Richard S. Ginell
Don Sebesky es más conocido como el arreglista de la casa para muchas de las producciones del productor Creed Taylor en Verve, A&M y CTI; el hombre cuyos antecedentes orquestales ayudaron a que artistas como Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard y George Benson fueran aceptados por el público fuera del jazz. Ha sido criticado por ello, pero los arreglos de Sebesky suelen estar entre los más elegantes de su campo, reflejando un sólido conocimiento de la orquesta, tomando ideas de las grandes bandas de jazz, el rock, la música étnica, la música clásica de todas las épocas e incluso la vanguardia. En una ocasión citó a Bartok como su compositor favorito, pero también se oye mucho de Stravinsky en su obra.

Sebesky se inició profesionalmente como trombonista cuando aún estaba en la Manhattan School of Music, trabajando con Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, la Tommy Dorsey Band dirigida por Warren Covington, Maynard Ferguson y Stan Kenton. En 1960, dejó el trombón para concentrarse en los arreglos y la dirección de orquesta, y finalmente recibió el encargo de realizar el álbum Bumpin' de Montgomery (1965). Algunos de los ejemplos más atractivos de su trabajo para titulares de jazz son Bumpin', The Shape of Things to Come de Benson, From the Hot Afternoon de Desmond y First Light de Hubbard. Comenzó a destacar con el lanzamiento de su Giant Box, al que siguieron otros lanzamientos esporádicos en CTI y GNP/Crescendo. También ha escrito obras clásicas y un libro, The Contemporary Arranger (Port Washington, NY, 1975).
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-sebesky-mn0000801711/biography

Tracklist
A1 - The Distant Galaxy
A2 - Dance The Night Away
A3 - Sounds Of Silence
A4 - Martian Storm
A5 - Soul Lady
A6 - Reflectivity
A7 - Mr. Tambourine Man
A8 - Cosmic Force
A9 - Water Brother
B1 - Spiral Nebulae
B2 - The Blue Scimitar
B3 - Satellite
B4 - Elvira Madigan Theme / Honey
B5 - Solar Emissions
B6 - Guru-Vin
B7 - I Wish It Would Rain
B8 - Lady Madonna


Credits:
    Arranged By, Conductor – Don Sebesky
    Drums – Donald McDonald (tracks: A1 to B5, B7), Ronald Zito (tracks: B6, B8)
    Effects [Electronic] – Rick Horton
    Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey
    Piano – Dick Hyman (tracks: A5, B5, B7)
    Producer – Esmond Edwards
    Synthesizer [Moog] – Don Sebesky (tracks: A5, A9)
    Trumpet – Marvin Stamm (tracks: B2, B8)

Label: Verve Records – V6-5063
Released: 1968
Genre: Jazz
Style: Soul-Jazz, Space-Age
https://www.discogs.com/release/5397063-Don-Sebesky-The-Distant-Galaxy

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