Great jazz composers? Please don't forget George Russell, as represented on
THE JAZZ WORKSHOP (RCA VICTOR) and NEW YORK, NEW YORK (DECCA).
He also contributed significantly to Hal McKusick's JAZZ WORKSHOP (RCA
VICTOR) and CROSS SECTION SAXES (DECCA) as well as THE TEDDY CHARLES TENTET
(ATLANTIC.) His "best known" (now there's a laugh!) works are
"Stratusphunk" and "Ezz-thetic."
Saving the best for last: his masterwork, "All About Rosie" is on MODERN JAZZ
CONCERT (COLUMBIA). IMO, this is the single greatest orchestral setting of
the jazz language brought to maturity by Bird & Dizzy.
DAVID LAHM
