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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.
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.
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.
In 1966 he received a B.A.from the University of Rochester, where he also studied horn with Verne Reynolds at the Eastman School of Music. From 1967 until 1971 he played in the United States Coast Guard Band. Clark received a M.M. degree (with honors) from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1973.
As a jazz player, he is recognized as one of the first French horn players to forge a career as a jazz sideman. [12] During his career, he played on important jazz instrumental recordings, including Art Pepper's Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics, Stan Kenton's Kenton / Wagner, and Johnny Mandel's I Want to Live!.
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.
12 French horn. 13 Guitar. 14 Harmonica. 15 Harp. 16 Miscellaneous. 17 Oboe. 18 Organ. 19 Piano. ... This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing ...
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.