The Bill Dobbins Jazz Orchestra
The Balcony
1973 · Advent 5003 · USA
- Artist
- The Bill Dobbins Jazz Orchestra
- Title
- The Balcony
- Release
- Textures
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Advent # 5003
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Bill Dobbins
- Genre
- Jazz · Big Band
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
The Balcony According to sleeve notes: dedicated to the Kent State shooting. Album commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts in 1969. (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Side A is the suite 'Textures' (Points / Shapes / Lines), commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1969. The Balcony soloists: Chas Baker (trombone), Lorm Weitzel (trumpet). All compositions Bill Dobbins; published by Downbeat Music Workshop Publications (ASCAP); (p) Advent Records. Discogs style: Big Band.
About the artist
Big band led by pianist, composer and arranger Bill Dobbins (born 1947), who joined the Eastman School of Music faculty in 1973 and later directed the WDR Big Band in Cologne (1994–2002); he received jazz composition grants from the Ohio Arts Council. [Source: Eastman School of Music; Bach-Cantatas bio; stretta-music (birth year)]
Themes
In collections
Jazz Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]