Don Sebesky
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Biography
[Edit]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). ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: Giant Box (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]
Artist: Don Sebesky
Genre: Jazz
Title: Giant Box (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition - Original Recording Remastered)
Artist: Don Sebesky
Genre: Jazz
Title: The People Next Door (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered]
Artist: Glass Bottle, Don Sebesky, Bead Game
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Three Works for Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra
Artist: Don Sebesky
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Collections
Title: Verve: The Sound of America: The Singles Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Performances
Genre: Jazz
Title: Crooners & Christmas (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Crooners & Christmas (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: CTI Records: The Cool Revolution (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: CTI Records: The Cool Revolution (CD4)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Psychedelic Jazz
Title: Psychedelic Jazz - Smoking Tunes 16
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Rock - Verve 50
Title: Jazz District Best Of CTI
Genre: Jazz
Title: Carry On Kinky Beats
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, Soul, Nu Jazz, Funk
Title: Mojo Jazz Presents: Family Affair Chapter Three
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Bossanova
Title: The Real... Christmas Crooners
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Let's Share Christmas
Artist: John Pizzarelli
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Morning Star (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered]
Artist: Hubert Laws
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Title: CTI Records: The Cool Revolution - A 40th Anniversary Collection
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz