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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.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, calling it, "A perfect introduction to both Tom Varner and the 'jazz French horn'". [2]The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented: "the band is excellent and even as a repertory exercise it's very well done."
John Graas (March 14, 1917 – April 13, 1962) was an American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger from the 1940s through 1962. He had a short but busy career on the West Coast, and became known as a pioneer of the French horn in jazz.
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 ]
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.
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!.
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Tom Varner (born June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) player and composer. Varner grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, where he started playing in the orchestra at Millburn High School. [1] He studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, New Jersey.