Manny Albam
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Biography
[Edit]During a career that spanned seven decades, composer and arranger Manny Albam collaborated with a who's who of jazz greats including Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz. He also developed successive generations of new talent as co-founder and musical director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. Albam was born June 24, 1922. His parents were en route from their native Russia to their new home in New York City, and his mother went into labor while their ship was outside of the Dominican Republic port of Samana. At the age of seven Albam discovered jazz after hearing a Bix Beiderbecke record, and soon after began playing the alto saxophone; at 16 he dropped out of school following an invitation to join Muggsy Spanier's Dixieland combo, and later played with Georgie Auld, an experience that also afforded Albam his first shot at arranging under the tutelage of bandmate Budd Johnson. Albam next gigged behind Charlie Barnet, from there signing on with Charlie Spivak. During his two years with Spivak, his arranging skills flourished, and he generated an average of two arrangements per week. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Albam returned to the Barnet stable, and as his interest in writing and arranging grew, he effectively retired from performing in 1950, a decision that coincided with the last gasps of the big band era.
Albam quickly emerged as a sought-after freelancer, composing and arranging material for many of the bop era's brightest talents. His tight, brisk arrangements favored subtlety over flash, while his writing exhibited a wry sense of humor. Albam eventually signed to headline his own LPs for labels including Mercury, RCA Victor, and Dot, bringing together musicians including Phil Woods, Al Cohn, and Bob Brookmeyer for acclaimed easy listening efforts including The Blues Is Everybody's Business and The Drum Suite. His 1957 jazz arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's score to West Side Story so impressed Bernstein that the maestro invited Albam to write for the New York Philharmonic. The offer prompted Albam to study classical composition under Tibor Serly, later yielding such works as the luminous "Concerto for Trombone and Strings." Albam also wrote for feature films, television, and even advertising jingles, and in 1964 signed on as musical director for Sonny Lester's fledgling Solid State label, which two years later issued his jazz suite The Soul of the City. By that time Albam was increasingly channeling his energies into teaching, however. After stints with the Eastman School of Music, Glassboro State College, and the Manhattan School of Music, in 1988 he co-founded the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, assuming the title of musical director from Brookmeyer three years later. Albam died of cancer on October 2, 2001.
Title: Play Music From West Side Story (Analog Source Remaster 2021)
Artist: Manny Albam
Genre: Jazz
Title: Plays Music from the Broadway Musical West Side Story & Steve's Songs
Artist: Manny Albam
Genre: Jazz
Title: Manny Albam and His Jazz Greats: Jazz New York (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Manny Albam
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sketches of Jazz - Music from the Book of Life
Artist: J. J. Johnson, Mel Lewis, Manny Albam, Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Mike Mainieri
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: 20 Divas - Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100% Big Band
Genre: Jazz
Title: Take the A Train - New York Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: New York, Jazz City USA
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Count Basie Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Story 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: 60's Instrumentals for Dancers & Groovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz for Dance Floors
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hammond Organ Soul
Genre: Jazz
Title: Funky Big Bands
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Big Band
Genre: Jazz
Title: East Coast Jazz Workshops: New York 1954-1961 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ich Mag Keinen Jazz Aber Das Gefaellt Mir Vol. 02
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Loves Bernstein
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: It's de Lovely: The Authentic Cole Porter Collection
Artist: Cole Porter
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Something New, Something Blue - Swinging "Guys and Dolls"
Artist: The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars
Genre: Jazz