Music
Melba Liston, the composer, arranger and trombonist who became the first woman in jazz history to play in the horn section of leading name bands, will be honored Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Proud Bird Ballroom, 11022 Aviation Blvd.
Sept. 21, 1990
Melba Liston, a pioneering jazz trombonist, composer and arranger who worked with bands led by Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones and shared a long collaboration with pianist Randy Weston, has died.
April 28, 1999
Melba Liston is smiling.
Oct. 14, 1990
Composer, arranger and trombonist Melba Liston, who died last Friday in Los Angeles at 73, is recalled as a great person and musician by one of her first employers, bandleader Gerald Wilson.
April 30, 1999
RANDY WESTON / MELBA LISTON “Volcano Blues” Antilles * * * * The partnership of pianist-composer Weston and arranger Liston makes for a joyful reunion here.
Sept. 19, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Three American jazz musicians have been named recipients of $20,000 Jazz Masters Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Music Program.
Jan. 27, 1987
Pianist Randy Weston explores similar terrain on “Volcano Blues,” a jazz album that begins with the unexpected sound of Texas bluesman Johnny Copeland wailing the old Jessie Mae Robinson tune “Blue Mood” in a keening tenor voice backed by acoustic guitar.
Dec. 28, 1993
Appreciation: The jazz pianist, who died Tuesday, found her way with a gift for improvisation.
May 22, 1998
What started out as a six-week gig at a jazz brunch has turned out to be one of the longest-running engagements in town for the Pat Britt-Wilbur Brown quintet.
Oct. 12, 1990
The late trumpeter-composer-bandleader John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie left a rich legacy of both music and inspired musicians when he died in 1993.
Oct. 8, 1996