![]() “Instrumental Jazz Arranging” by Mike Tomaro “The Contemporary Arranger” by Don Sebesky ![]() Other books I’ve used and worn out include: He was a master theorist, great arranger, and a truly nice gentleman. While the book was geared to help pianists voice chords quickly I can still hear those concepts in his writing. Frank taught arranging from his “Jazz Voicings for Keyboards” book which focused on voicings in fourths, upper structure triads, and his own “miracle voicings”. When I worked for the old Northwest Airlines I would use my flight privileges to fly from Minneapolis to Chicago once a month to have a lesson. Don Wilkins, my instructor there, had studied privately with Earle.įrank Mantooth was a friend and mentor. I still use his analysis technique of density and span of orchestration to double check my work and manage the emotional contours of pieces.Īt Berklee the Earle Hagen “Scoring for Films” was the go to text. ![]() Dick was so methodical and organized in presenting material and logically walking students through scads of references, concepts, and real world examples. The first book I ever bought on arranging was Dick Grove’s “Arranging Concepts”. ![]() When I asked a similar question he said he would leave condensed orchestral scores around the house so whenever he sat how somewhere he could reach out, find a score, and learn. A few years ago I had the massive good fortune to spend an hour with Patrick Williams at his home.
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