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    Ralph Joseph P. Burns (June 29, 1922 – November 21, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. [1] Early life. Burns was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, [1] where he began playing the piano as a child. In 1938, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music.

  2. Jul 18, 2021 · Playing the brilliant arrangements of the 22 year old Ralph Burns, Herman and his Thundering Herds made music that is as electrifying today as it was six decades ago." - Loren Schoenberg, liner notes. PERSONNEL & DATES: Sonny Berman, Charlie Frankhauser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp),

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  3. Oct 6, 2017 · In 1946, the classically inclined arranger Ralph Burns brought an Impressionist three-part suite to bandleader Woody Herman called Summer Sequence. As Gary Giddens notes in Visions of Jazz, Herman recorded the three parts in September '46, when saxophonist Flip Phillips was the band's chief saxophone soloist.

  4. Oct 6, 2017 · In 1946, the classically inclined arranger Ralph Burns brought a three-part neo-Impressionist suite to bandleader Woody Herman called Summer Sequence. As Gary Giddins notes in his superb book, Visions of Jazz (Oxford), Herman recorded the three parts in September '46,...

  5. Nov 13, 2007 · In the program notes for the March 31, 1946 Symphony Hall Concert in which "higher class" titles such as "Sequence" and "Ebony Concerto" were performed by the Orchestra, Burns tersely described the composition's three movements as "slow and peaceful", "fast and furious" and "just happy".

  6. Oct 28, 2016 · In order to fill out the concert where “Ebony Concerto” was to be presented, Herman had one of his arrangers, the gifted Ralph Burns, (pictured at right) compose a piece which was called “Summer Sequence.” It was a three-part work which ran about nine minutes, and Herman recorded it in September of 1946.

  7. Nov 13, 2007 · Burns’ masterpiece was “Summer Sequence,” a 20-minute suite introduced to the world by Herman at Carnegie Hall on March 25, 1946. “That was something I wish I could remember more,” said Burns years later. “It was a thrilling night. The band was at its absolute peak.

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