George Russell R.I.P.
Posted by Dennis Wiesch on 29 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Music
We feel very sorry for the loss of one of Americas greatest Jazz composers and producers of all time. With his work, George Russell was next to Rudy van Gelder and Teo Macero one of the most influential producers who was involved into Jazz music.
In all the years he worked with several great artists like Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Cherry, Gil Evans and Jan Garbarek. In 1953 he published the well-acclaimed book “The Lydian Chromatic Concept Of Tonal Organization“, that inspired Miles Davis while his recordings for his infamous “Kind Of Blue” album.
In 1985 his album “The African Game” earned Russell two Grammy nominations.
To get some more information on his work, please check out this video.
Russell died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 86 in Boston / Massachusetts last Monday.
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