Jim Bob Floyd
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Born | James Robert Floyd aka Jim Bob Floyd June 2, 1929 University of Corpus Christi Piano Instructor(mid 1950s) |
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JB Floyd (né James Robert Floyd; born June 2, 1929)[2] is an American concert pianist (jazz, classical, experimental, avant-garde, and the like), composer, and music pedagogue at the collegiate level. Before retiring in 2013, Floyd spent 64 years as a music educator in higher education, including as chairman of keyboard performance at Northern Illinois University from 1962 to 1981 and chairman of keyboard performance at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music from 1982 to 2013. Floyd is a Yamaha Artist.[3][4]
Education
Floyd earned a
Career
Floyd, in 1949, was a grand winner of the National Guild of Piano Teachers Young Artist Competition at Town Hall in New York City. The award led to a sponsored solo recital at Town Hall, Wednesday, 8:30 pm, April 9, 1952. Harold C. Schonberg (1915–2003), a music critic for The New York Times, reviewed the performance.[10] Floyd went on to earn a DMA in 1961 from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
In 1962, Floyd joined the music faculty at the
Selected discography
- JB Floyd Trio at the Catacombs (jazz). JB Floyd (piano); Fred Atwood (bass); Dave Merrifield (drums); Tony Calzaretta, vocalist. Claremont Records (1966). Claremont Jazz Series CLP–666, Castle Productions, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.[11]
- Suitable for Framing. .
- Vol. 18, CDCM Computer Music Series, The Composer in the Computer Age–III. . (Note: CDCM is an acronym for the Consortium to Distribute Computer Music).
- Vol. 19, CDCM Computer Music Series, The Composer in the Computer Age-IV: A .
- Salvatore Martirano: "O, O, O, O, That Shakespeherian Rag. .
- A Transporting Transmittance (CD), Mutable Music, label of
- In Crossing The Busy Street (CD), Mutable Music (2009);OCLC 457181264.
- Another Time And Place (CD), Mutable Music (2011); .
Selected publications
- "Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Op. 111 In Its Historical Perspective" (OCLC 40814324
- "The keyboard music of Pergolesi" (OCLC 30933844
Bibliography
Notes
- ^ "Pianist, Composer ... " June 5, 2013.
- ^ Texas Birth Certificate.
- ^ "Renaissance Man" August 8, 2003.
- ^ "Classical Pianists".
- ^ Commencement, North Texas, August 25, 1950.
- ^ Denton Record-Chronicle, April 27, 1952.
- ^ "Teachers ..." March 1959.
- ^ Corpus Christi Times, January 2, 1952.
- ^ National Guild Page, 1962.
- ^ Schonberg, April 10, 1952.
- ^ J.B. Floyd Trio, 1966.
- ^ Couture.
References
- "Classical Pianists – JB Floyd – Biography". Buena Park, California: Yamaha Corporation of America. Piano Division. n.d. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- Commencement, North Texas (August 25, 1950). "James Robert Floyd". Summer Commencement of North Texas State College (program). Denton: University of North Texas. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2021 – via University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library.
- OCLC 10863206.
- Couture, François (2003). Transporting Transmittance: Music of J.B. Floyd (album review). AllMusic.
- Newspapers.com. "Floyd studied with Isabel and Silvio Scionti ..."
- J.B. Floyd Trio (1966). At the Catacombs (LP vinyl record). Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: Castle Productions. Claremont Records. Claremont Jazz Series – CLP–666 – via Discogs release no. 10524085. J.B. Floyd (piano); Fred Atwood (né Fred Connell Atwood; born 1937) (bass); Dave Merrifield (né David Kay Merrifield; born 1937) (drums); Tony Calzaretta (né Anthony John Calzaretta; born 1940), vocalist (Claremont was a label of Vernon Charles Castle; 1928–2008).
- National Guild [of Piano Teachers] Page (September–October 1962). "Robert Floyd to Give Town Hall Recital". OCLC 494567442.
- "Pianist, Composer and Educator JB Floyd Retires From Frost School of Music". University of Miami, Frost School of Music, Media, Frost News. June 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Originally retrieved October 3, 2017
- "Renaissance Man: JB Floyd". Buena Park, California: Yamaha Corporation of America. Piano Division. August 8, 2003. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- TimesMachine.
- "Teachers Go to Work". .
- Texas Birth Certificate – "James Robert Floyd" – "Amendment to Certificate of Birth". "Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997". Searching James Robert Floyd → DOB: June 2, 1929 → Place of birth: GSfilm no. 2240970; digital folder no. 4688276; image no. 285 (of 3534); indexing project (batch) no. C06136-3.