Gunther Schuller
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Born: 22 November 1925, New York (USA)
Died:
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Schuller news
- Gunther Schuller receives A.I. du Pont Composers Award
(3 April 2006)On 31 March 2006, American composer Gunther Schuller has received the A.I. du Pont Composers Award at the Delaware Grand Opera House. The yearly $5000 prize was given to the 80-year old composer during a performance with the Delaware Symphony. In his compositions Gunther Schuller has always formed a bridge between jazz music and more traditional "classical" music. (Source: www.delawareonline.com.)
Sheet music
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[details ←] Of Reminiscences and Reflections
[details ←] Scott Joplin: The Entertainer - From ’The Sting’ , solo piano,
[details ←] Studies For Unaccompanied Horns
[details ←] Duets Unaccompanied Horns
[details ←] Concerto For Double Bass - Double Bass Part Bass,
[details ←] Woodwind Quintet
[details ←] Duo Sonata Clarinet,
[details ←] Horn Technique 2nd Edition
[details ←] Studies On Themes of Paul Klee
[details ←] Symphony (1965)
[details ←] Capriccio Stravagante (An Amusing Quodlibet)
[details ←] Journey Into Jazz
[details ←] Music for Brass Quintet (1961)
[details ←] Wind Qnt S.s. **not Ours In Usa**
[details ←] Woodwind Quintet Transcriptions
[details ←] Woodwind Quintet Trascriptions
[details ←] Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik - Trombone/Piano Piano, Trombone,
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 0016351631596
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: SHANACHIE
Languages:English Original Language Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: SHANACHIE
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: SHANACHIE
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Running Time: 78 minutes
Studio: SHANACHIE
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the famed jazz musician--but not famed enough to make a living in America." His statement summed up the conflict that plagued this musical genius his entire life: volatility, pain, prescience, and raw rage roiled inside a complex man, composer, bass player, and trombonist who transcended labels and refused to be pigeonholed into a single musical style--and who did not achieve real fame until late in his career. The documentary is full of well-preserved footage and contains interviews with many Mingus followers like Wynton Marsalis as well as performances by icons Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerry Mulligan. The film traverses past the musical legend with insight and information into Mingus's personal life, his civil rights activism, and his final triumph in the music world--just as his body began to deteriorate from Lou Gehrig's disease--to his eventual death in 1979. Mingus left a legacy composed of genius, vulnerability, brilliance, anarchy, and, as one friend noted, "the entire range of human emotion that is reflected in his music." --Paula Nechak
Rating:
- Get the VHS Tape (5 stars), DVD has awful sound (1 Star)
I have this on VHS tape and DVD. I've watched it dozens of times. To me, it's not about Mingus the bass player or composer. It's about how great artists are often conflicted, complex, sometimes self-destructive and contradictory people. And in this sense it is a 100% successful documentary with spot-on interviews. But the archival sound on the DVD is just terrible. Speaking and more mordern music sound is OK. Older music is better on the VHS tape.
Rating: - Mingus...
This is great for footage of Mingus...but Gunther Schuller really ruins the documentary-part of the film...claiming that he was Mingus' closest friend and he was the only one Mingus trusted. Now if that were true, then how come Schuller can't take Mingus' music anywhere near where Mingus took it? There are too many lame and repetitive interviews...but if you're in for the mingus footage, it's a good buy.
Rating:
- Mingus larger than life
The material featured on this DVD focuses on chosen points of Mingus'life as a composer and spans a wide sweep of the bassist and composer. For those who relished the thought of finally catching a glimpse of those so Mingusy bass figures, this is going to be a letdown. However, if you are going for Mingus the composer, this is definitely a must-have. There is good quality footage of live performances from the 60s and 70s which provide an appropriate overview of the relentess worker Mingus was and ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant musician - very good composer.
This documentary unapologetically has a mission: to elevate Charles Mingus' status to "great" composer. Whether he is or is not can be argued, but when compared with the likes of Duke Ellington who was unquestionably a great composer, he might move down just a notch. A "great" bass player? Unquestionably. Herein lies my complaint: not enough focus on Mingus the bass player. That being said, this documentary makes it clear that Mingus and music are one. The most introspective moments come in the form ... Read More
Rating:
- Great Mingus Footage, Bad Documentary
I must agree with the review entitled 'disappointed'. I am an avid collector of Mingus records and am familiar with much of his career. This attempt at a portrait of Mingus is poorly constructed and fails to provide even a basic overview of his life and music. There is no chronology as tantalising snippts of film jump from the seventies back to the fifties, with scarce an opportunity to listen to an extended piece. Rather than allow the rare concert footage and original recordings to 'speak for themselves', ... Read More
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 0016351631596
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: SHANACHIE
Languages:
Manufacturer: SHANACHIE
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: SHANACHIE
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Running Time: 78 minutes
Studio: SHANACHIE
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the famed jazz musician--but not famed enough to make a living in America." His statement summed up the conflict that plagued this musical genius his entire life: volatility, pain, prescience, and raw rage roiled inside a complex man, composer, bass player, and trombonist who transcended labels and refused to be pigeonholed into a single musical style--and who did not achieve real fame until late in his career. The documentary is full of well-preserved footage and contains interviews with many Mingus followers like Wynton Marsalis as well as performances by icons Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerry Mulligan. The film traverses past the musical legend with insight and information into Mingus's personal life, his civil rights activism, and his final triumph in the music world--just as his body began to deteriorate from Lou Gehrig's disease--to his eventual death in 1979. Mingus left a legacy composed of genius, vulnerability, brilliance, anarchy, and, as one friend noted, "the entire range of human emotion that is reflected in his music." --Paula Nechak
Average Rating:
Rating:
- Get the VHS Tape (5 stars), DVD has awful sound (1 Star)I have this on VHS tape and DVD. I've watched it dozens of times. To me, it's not about Mingus the bass player or composer. It's about how great artists are often conflicted, complex, sometimes self-destructive and contradictory people. And in this sense it is a 100% successful documentary with spot-on interviews. But the archival sound on the DVD is just terrible. Speaking and more mordern music sound is OK. Older music is better on the VHS tape.
Rating:
- Mingus...This is great for footage of Mingus...but Gunther Schuller really ruins the documentary-part of the film...claiming that he was Mingus' closest friend and he was the only one Mingus trusted. Now if that were true, then how come Schuller can't take Mingus' music anywhere near where Mingus took it? There are too many lame and repetitive interviews...but if you're in for the mingus footage, it's a good buy.
Rating:
- Mingus larger than lifeThe material featured on this DVD focuses on chosen points of Mingus'life as a composer and spans a wide sweep of the bassist and composer. For those who relished the thought of finally catching a glimpse of those so Mingusy bass figures, this is going to be a letdown. However, if you are going for Mingus the composer, this is definitely a must-have. There is good quality footage of live performances from the 60s and 70s which provide an appropriate overview of the relentess worker Mingus was and ... Read More
Rating:
- Brilliant musician - very good composer.This documentary unapologetically has a mission: to elevate Charles Mingus' status to "great" composer. Whether he is or is not can be argued, but when compared with the likes of Duke Ellington who was unquestionably a great composer, he might move down just a notch. A "great" bass player? Unquestionably. Herein lies my complaint: not enough focus on Mingus the bass player. That being said, this documentary makes it clear that Mingus and music are one. The most introspective moments come in the form ... Read More
Rating:
- Great Mingus Footage, Bad DocumentaryI must agree with the review entitled 'disappointed'. I am an avid collector of Mingus records and am familiar with much of his career. This attempt at a portrait of Mingus is poorly constructed and fails to provide even a basic overview of his life and music. There is no chronology as tantalising snippts of film jump from the seventies back to the fifties, with scarce an opportunity to listen to an extended piece. Rather than allow the rare concert footage and original recordings to 'speak for themselves', ... Read More
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