Bob Zieff

[Quasimado]

Interesting read.

http://langtech.dickinson.edu/Sirena/Issue2/Chambers.pdf

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[BillF]

Yes, interesting! I first noticed Bob Zieff's name among composer credits on some of my Chet Baker albums and later found lots of references to him when I read James Gavin's Deep in a Dream: the Long Night of Chet Baker.

[Niko]

http://www.wmg.at/programm_e.htm

couldn't find out much about it but under November 10, you see the concert Zieff gave in Vienna five month ago...

Edited April 9, 2008 by Niko

[Quasimado]

http://www.wmg.at/programm_e.htm

couldn't find out much about it but under November 10, you see the concert Zieff gave in Vienna five month ago...

Niko - that's remarkable! Jack Chambers has this to say (from his article):

"As for integrity,some of the toughest minds among Zieff’s contemporaries wilted and ended up pandering to pop tastes, most notably Miles Davis but also Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock and numerous others, even Gil Evans. Zieff escaped all that, and the price he paid, though he may not consider it a price at all, was to live a quiet, scholarly life, feeling the affection of his students and the admiration of the part-timers —doctors, salesmen, and mostly (like him) teachers — he recruited to play his uncompromising music."

Chamber's Twardzik book seems almost as obscure as Zieff.

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[Late]

Thanks for posting.

Has anyone here heard Dick Wetmore's Bethlehem album (mentioned in the Chambers piece) that contains Zieff compositions? I'm guessing it hasn't been reissued on compact disc, but maybe in Japan? Would love to hear it.

[Niko]

Thanks for posting.

Has anyone here heard Dick Wetmore's Bethlehem album (mentioned in the Chambers piece) that contains Zieff compositions? I'm guessing it hasn't been reissued on compact disc, but maybe in Japan? Would love to hear it.

one track is on the BOSTON: Jazz in Beantown 1951-1955 compilation from sagajazz, see www.sagajazz.com for details

http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Beantown-1951...3269&sr=8-2

[Late]

Thanks for that link Niko. I hadn't heard/read anything about that comp until now. Looks like one to pick up.

Anyone heard the Bob Zieff Orchestra in Pennsylvania?

[Late]

If Bob Zieff made a bossa nova record in 1959, it might sound something like this:

The whole album's only 23 minutes. You kind of have to listen to the whole thing to get the 20th century classical vibe. The harmonies are blowing me away.

[jazzbo]

On 4/11/2008 at 0:55 PM, Late said:

Thanks for posting.

 

Has anyone here heard Dick Wetmore's Bethlehem album (mentioned in the Chambers piece) that contains Zieff compositions? I'm guessing it hasn't been reissued on compact disc, but maybe in Japan? Would love to hear it.

https://www.discogs.com/release/12756464-Dick-Wetmore-Dick-Wetmore

Also:

https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/bob-zieff-albums/6470-the-music-of-bob-zieff-2-cd.html

Edited May 2, 2022 by jazzbo

[AllenLowe]

that Zieff thing on Fresh Sounds is a must-have. Really.

[jazzbo]

Really it is.