Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1960)

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Ted Nash
Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, and Victor Goines, Lyon, France, 2016
Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, and Victor Goines, Lyon, France, 2016
Background information
Born (1960-12-28) December 28, 1960 (age 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger, bandleader
Instrument(s)Saxophone, multireedist
Years active1970s–present
LabelsConcord Jazz, Mapleshade, Elabeth, Arabesque, Palmetto, Motéma
WebsiteTedNash.com

Ted Nash (born December 28, 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Born into a musical family, his uncle was saxophonist Ted Nash and his father is trombonist Dick Nash, both prominent jazz soloists and first call Hollywood studio musicians.[1][2][3] Nash is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra directed by Wynton Marsalis. He is one of the founders of the Jazz Composers Collective.[4]

Music career

Nash grew up in Los Angeles. His father is trombonist

Louis Bellson, and Don Ellis. When he was 18, he moved to New York City and became a member of the Gerry Mulligan Big Band. During the same year, he released his debut album, Conception (Concord Jazz, 1978).[3]

In the 1980s, he worked with vibraphonist

arrangements. In 1990s, he performed and recorded as sideman with Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, and Ben Allison. After Allison's invitation, he joined the Herbie Nichols Project, a band which played the music of pianist Nichols.[3]

Nash has been a composer,

arranger, producer, conductor, and writer of liner notes. As a performer, he is a multireedist who has recorded on soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo.[5]

Compositions

Portrait in Seven Shades is a seven-movement suite dedicated to seven modern painters: Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Marc Chagall, and Jackson Pollock.[6] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award.[7]

Nash's album

Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Aung San Suu Kyi. The speeches are read by Sam Waterston, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lieberman, and Glenn Close.[8] In 2017, Presidential Suite won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
.

Discography

As leader

As a member

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

  • The Definitive Thad Jones (Limelight, 1989)
  • The Definitive Thad Jones Volume 2 - Live From The Village Vanguard (Limelight, 1990)

The Herbie Nichols Project

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

  • Live in Swing City – Swingin' with Duke (Columbia, 1999)
  • A Love Supreme (Palmetto, 2005)
  • Don't Be Afraid...The Music of Charles Mingus (Palmetto, 2005)
  • Portrait in Seven Shades (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2010)[9]
  • Vitoria Suite (2010)

As sideman

References

  1. ^ Liner notes to The Brothers Nash, Liberty Records LJH 6022
  2. ^ "Ted Nash Biography". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  3. ^ a b c Henderson, Alex. "Ted Nash". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ Adler, David. "Jazz Composers Collective". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Ted Nash | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. ^ Ackermann, Karl (25 August 2016). "Ted Nash Big Band: Presidential Suite (Eight Variations on Freedom)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Grammy Award-Nominated Composer and Arranger To Premiere Two Compositions at Scranton | Royal News: November 26, 2019". news.scranton.edu.
  8. ^ Auerbach, Brad (21 October 2016). "Digital Tip Jar: Jazz Maestro Ted Nash Opines on Spotify and Presidential Discourse". Forbes. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Grammy award-winning Jazz saxophonist improvises to famous paintings". KCRW. 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ Johnson, Martin (5 November 2018). "'Quiet Revolution' by Ben Allison Review: Blast From the Past". Wall Street Journal.
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