Melba Liston – Biografia, discografia e strumenti

Biografia

Melba Liston è stata una musicista jazz (trombone). Nata il 13 gennaio 1926 a Kansas City, morta il 23 aprile 1999 a Los Angeles. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz. Tra i riconoscimenti: NEA Jazz Masters.

Melba Doretta Liston (Kansas City, 13 gennaio 1926 – Los Angeles, 23 aprile 1999) è stata una trombonista, arrangiatrice e compositrice statunitense. Fu la prima trombonista donna a suonare in big band negli anni '40 e '60, ma con il progredire della sua carriera divenne più conosciuta come arrangiatrice, soprattutto in collaborazione con il pianista Randy Weston.

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Album in cui Melba Liston compare come sideman

1956	World Statesman — Dizzy Gillespie	trombone, arranger
1957	Dizzy in Greece — Dizzy Gillespie	trombone, arranger
1957	Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz — Dizzy Gillespie	trombone
1958	Out There With Betty Carter — Betty Carter	trombone
1958	Little Niles — Randy Weston	arranger, trombone
1959	The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones	trombone, arranger
1959	The Genius of Ray Charles — Ray Charles	trombone
1959	Newport ’58 — Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach & Don Elliott	trombone
1960	I Dig Dancers — Quincy Jones	trombone
1960	Uhuru Afrika — Randy Weston	arranger
1960	Live at the Fivespot — Randy Weston	arranger
1961	Quincy Jones and His Orchestra at Newport '61 — Quincy Jones	trombone
1962	With The All-Star Big Band — Ray Brown Guest Artist Cannonball Adderley	trombone
1962	Big Bags — Milt Jackson	trombone
1962	Afro/American Sketches — Oliver Nelson Orchestra	trombone
1962	The Soul of Hollywood — Junior Mance	arranger, conductor
1963	The Body & The Soul — Freddie Hubbard	trombone
1963	Any Number Can Win — Jimmy Smith	trombone
1963	Music From the New African Nations featuring The Highlife — Randy Weston	arranger
1965	And Then Again — Elvin Jones	arranger, conductor
1966	Hold On, I’m Coming — Art Blakey	arranger, trombone
1966	Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo — Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery	trombone
1966	Hoochie Coochie Man — Jimmy Smith	trombone
1966	Roll 'em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands — Shirley Scott	trombone
1967	A Mann & A Woman — Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones	arranger
1968	Heads Up! — Blue Mitchell	arranger
1969	Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes — Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery	trombone
1970	I've Been There — Dakota Staton	arranger
1984	The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live! — Quincy Jones	trombone
1992	African Sunrise — Randy Weston	arranger

Premi

NEA Jazz Masters

Dischi storici a 78 giri

Warm Mood Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra · Melba Liston · 1946 archive.org ↗
WARM MOOD GERALD WILSON · Melba Liston · 1946 archive.org ↗
WARM MOOD GERALD WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Melba Liston · 1946 archive.org ↗
Oh, Well! James Moody Quintet · Dexter Gordon · Melba Liston · Charlie Fox ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗
MISCHIEVOUS LADY DEXTER GORDON QUINTET · DEXTER GORDON · MELBA LISTON · CHARLIE FOX ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗
Lullaby In Rhythm Dexter Gordon Quintet · Dexter Gordon · Melba Liston · Charlie Fox ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗