Born in 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri, Melba Liston had an early interest in music. She saw a trombone when she was young and was taken by its beauty. Her family encouraged her interest in music and ...

Christmas Eve; What's My Line Theme; You Don't Say; Dark Before Dawn; Pow; Blues Melba; Trolley Song; Wonder Why; Insomnia; Very Syrian Business; Never Do An Abadanian; Zagred This. Melba Liston, ...

She cut her teeth as a trombonist in the big bands of Gerald Wilson and Dizzy Gillespie and scored classic records for Marvin Gaye and others.... Melba Liston: Bones Of An Arranger One of the few ...

In the early 1980s, pianist Dee Spencer’s astonishing and unanticipated encounter with Melba Liston introduced her to a jazz wonderland. A first-call trombonist best known as the arranger of choice ...

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Not long ago, when musicians needed good charts, they called Melba Liston. Now, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and his ensemble offer the radio... Geof Bradfield's 'Melba!' On JazzSet Not long ago, when ...

Measured by the size and scope of her musical contributions, Melba Liston is singularly qualified for the lead spot in SFJazz’s celebration of Women’s History Month. The trombonist-arranger came out ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Sextet in a performance of Melba Liston’s composition “Now, Ain’t It” in celebration of Women’s History ...

The NEC Jazz Orchestra will present African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston on Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall. Conducted by Ken Schaphorst, the program honors the ...

The Melba of the title is Liston, a trombonist, composer and arranger who built a formidable reputation in a mostly male world both as a leader and in her arranging and playing with Gerald Wilson, ...