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Many notable French horn musicians struck out in smaller groups, giving the instrument a headliner role in jazz combos. A good account of the presence of the French horn in jazz is Ronald Sweetman's study, A Preliminary Chronology of the Use of the French Horn in Jazz, Further Rev. 1991 Text, Montréal Vintage Society, 1991, ISBN 1-895002-05-2.
French horn, double bass Musical artist Willie Henry Ruff Jr. (September 1, 1931 – December 24, 2023) was an American jazz musician, specializing in the French horn and double bass , and a music scholar and educator, primarily as a Yale professor from 1971 to 2017.
He is professor of horn at the Carl Maria von Weber music conservatoire. Vincent DeRosa, LA studio player; Richard Dunbar, was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944, and he died suddenly at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on February 8, 2006.
Strickland was winner of the 2016 Jazz Solo Competition at the International Horn Symposium (IHS). In 2023, she won a spot as a composer in the Music by Women International Festival.
John Clark is an American jazz horn player and composer. In Allmusic , Clark is described as "possibly the most fluent jazz French horn soloist since the great Julius Watkins in the 1950s." [ 1 ]
Jazz French Horn is the third album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1985 and released as an LP on the New Note label, and later as a CD on the Italian Soul Note label. [1]
Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) [1] was an American jazz musician who played French horn. [2] Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", [3] Watkins won the Down Beat critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Miscellaneous Instrument.
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B ♭ (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most often used by players in professional orchestras and bands, although the descant and triple horn have become increasingly popular.