Bob Enevoldsen
Bob Enevoldsen | |
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Birth name | Robert Martin Enevoldsen |
Born | September 11, 1920 Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 2005 (aged 85) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Instrument(s) | Tenor saxophone Valve trombone |
Robert Martin Enevoldsen (September 11, 1920 – November 19, 2005)
Career
Enevoldsen recorded did sessions with Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers, and later extensively played with Shelly Manne. Enevoldsen did most of the arranging for Steve Allen's Westinghouse show in the early-1960s. During the 1970s, he performed with Gerry Mulligan.
In the mid-1970s Enevoldsen taught arranging and directed the jazz band at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills.[2][3]
Death
Enevoldsen died on November 19, 2005, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Discography
As leader
- The Music of Bob Enevoldsen, (Nocturne, 1954; Fresh Sound, 2006) with Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Harry Babasin, Don Heath, Roy Harte
- Smorgasbord, (Liberty, 1956) with Howard Roberts, Don Heath, Marty Paich, Red Mitchell, Larry Bunker
As sideman
With Gil Fuller
- Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
With Jimmy Giuffre
- Jimmy Giuffre (Capitol, 1955)
With Fred Katz
With Shelly Manne
- The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1953-55 [1955])
- Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)
With Gerry Mulligan
With Jack Nitzsche
- Heart Beat (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980)
With André Previn
- The Subterraneans (MGM, 1960)
With Shorty Rogers
- RCA Victor, 1954)
- The Wild One (Bear Family, 1989)[4]
- Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1955 [1956])
- Way Up There (Atlantic, 1955 [1957])
- Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1958)
- Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor, 1958)
- Chances Are It Swings (RCA Victor, 1958)
- The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959)
- Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960)
With Bud Shank
- Strings & Trombones (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
With Mel Tormé
- Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire (Bethlehem, 1956)
External links
References
- ^ "Bob Enevoldsen". The Independent. London. December 5, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
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