The Lalo Schifrin Quartet
Bio:
Featuring Tom Scott, Flute, Alto and Bass Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax
Lynn Blessing, Vibes
Bill Plummer, Bass
Lalo Schifrin, Piano
Larry Bunker, Drums
LALO SCHIFRIN is a native of Argentina and became a United States citizen in 1969. His father, now retired, was concertmaster with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic for thirty years. The future composer discovered jazz at the age of sixteen, and a year later he became a student of composition with Juan Carlos Paz, one of South America's leading composers of contemporary music. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music on a scholarship. He has scored many, many movies and television plays and has been nominated several times for Oscars and Emmys. Record World, a leading musical trade publication, named him top jazz composer in 1968. Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts brought him one of his four Grammys. Pulsations for Electric Keyboard, Jazz Band, and Orchestra received its world premiere on January 21 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
LALO SCHIFRIN is a native of Argentina and became a United States citizen in 1969. His father, now retired, was concertmaster with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic for thirty years. The future composer discovered jazz at the age of sixteen, and a year later he became a student of composition with Juan Carlos Paz, one of South America's leading composers of contemporary music. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music on a scholarship. He has scored many, many movies and television plays and has been nominated several times for Oscars and Emmys. Record World, a leading musical trade publication, named him top jazz composer in 1968. Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts brought him one of his four Grammys. Pulsations for Electric Keyboard, Jazz Band, and Orchestra received its world premiere on January 21 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Concerts
| Concert Details | Date |
|---|---|
New Sacred SoundsEnsemble, Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts |
Feb 28, 1971 |
