The Gary McFarland Orchestra • The Jazz Version Of ''How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying''

 

Artist Biography by Douglas Payne
Largely forgotten now, Gary McFarland was one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz during the early '60s. An "adult prodigy," as Gene Lees accurately noted, McFarland was an ingenious composer whose music could reveal shades of complex emotional subtlety and clever childlike simplicity. While in the Army, he became interested in jazz and attempted to play trumpet, trombone, and piano. In 1955, he took up playing the vibes. Displaying a quick ability for interesting writing, he obtained a scholarship to the Berklee School of Music. He spent one semester there and with the encouragement of pianist John Lewis, concentrated on large-band arrangements of his own compositions. He attained early notoriety and success working with Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges, John Lewis, Stan Getz, Bob Brookmeyer, and Anita O'Day. McFarland began devoting more attention to his own career by 1963 when he released what is often regarded as his most significant recording, The Gary McFarland Orchestra/Special Guest Soloist: Bill Evans. He also recorded in small-group settings, which featured his clever vibes playing. The success of his instrumental pop collection, Soft Samba, allowed McFarland to form his first performing group. But his recordings thereafter, more often than not, featured an easy listening instrumental pop bent. McFarland went on to excellent work with Gabor Szabo, Shirley Scott, Zoot Sims, and Steve Kuhn, but only rarely featured his outstanding compositional talents (as in 1968's America the Beautiful). He formed the short-lived Skye Records label with Szabo and vibist Cal Tjader in the late 60s and continued to record prolifically. By the late 60s, though, he was forgottenby his initial jazz followers and he died in 1971 after being poisoned in a New York City bar.
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 Biografía del artista por Douglas Payne

Hoy en día, Gary McFarland fue uno de los contribuyentes más significativos al jazz orquestal durante los primeros años de la década de 1960. Un "prodigio adulto", como Gene Lees señaló con precisión, McFarland era un ingenioso compositor cuya música podía revelar matices de compleja sutileza emocional y una ingeniosa simplicidad infantil. Mientras estuvo en el Ejército, se interesó por el jazz e intentó tocar la trompeta, el trombón y el piano. En 1955, comenzó a tocar el vibráfono. Demostrando una rápida habilidad para la escritura interesante, obtuvo una beca para la Berklee School of Music. Allí pasó un semestre y, con el apoyo del pianista John Lewis, se concentró en los arreglos para big bands de sus propias composiciones. Alcanzó notoriedad y éxito trabajando con Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges, John Lewis, Stan Getz, Bob Brookmeyer y Anita O'Day. McFarland comenzó a dedicar más atención a su propia carrera en 1963 cuando lanzó lo que a menudo se considera su grabación más significativa, The Gary McFarland Orchestra/Special Guest Soloist: Bill Evans. También grabó en grupos pequeños, en los que tocó con sus inteligentes vibraciones. El éxito de su colección de pop instrumental, Soft Samba, le permitió a McFarland formar su primer grupo interpretativo. Pero sus grabaciones posteriores, la mayoría de las veces, inclinadas hacia el pop instrumental de fácil escucha. McFarland continuó con un excelente trabajo con Gabor Szabo, Shirley Scott, Zoot Sims y Steve Kuhn, pero sólo en raras ocasiones presentó sus talentos compositivos sobresalientes (como en America the Beautiful de 1968). Formó el sello de corta duración Skye Records con Szabo y el vibrafonista Cal Tjader a finales de los 60 y continuó grabando prolíficamente. A finales de los años 60, sin embargo, fue olvidado por sus primeros seguidores del jazz y murió en 1971 después de haber sido envenenado en un bar de la ciudad de Nueva York.

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Tracklist:
A1 - How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying - 6:11
A2 - Paris Original - 3:50
A3 - Love From A Heart Of Gold - 3:30
A4 - Grand Old Ivy - 3:45
B1 - Brotherhood Of Man - 5:17
B2 - I Believe In You - 6:03
B3 - Grand Old Ivy Part II - 3:30
B4 - Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm - 4:27


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods
    Arranged By – Gary McFarland
    Baritone Saxophone – Sol Schlinger
    Bass – George Duvivier (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3), Joe Benjamin (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Bass Clarinet – Sol Schlinger (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Clarinet – Al Cohn (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Ed Wasserman, Phil Woods (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Composed By – Frank Loesser
    Drums – Mel Lewis (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3), Osie Johnson (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Engineer – Bob Simpson
    Guitar – Jim Hall (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3), Kenny Burrell (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Liner Notes – Martin Williams
    Orchestra – The Gary McFarland Orchestra
    Photography By [Cover] – Carl Fischer
    Piano – Hank Jones
    Producer – Creed Taylor
    Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn, Oliver Nelson
    Trombone – Billy Byers, Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis
    Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3), Clark Terry, Doc Severinsen, Herb Pomeroy, Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
    Vibraphone – Gary McFarland (tracks: A1, A4, B4)

Recorded in New York City, 1961. November 8 (tracks A3 & B3; November 14 (tracks A1, A4 & B4); November 15 (tracks A2, B1 & B2)

Label: Verve Records – V-8443, Verve Records – V/8443
Released: 1962
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band
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