John Graas

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John Graas March 14 1917–April 13 1962 Was An American Jazz French Horn Player Composer And Arranger. Born In Dubuque Iowa Graas Had A Short But Busy Career On The West Coast Known Primarily As One Of The First And Best French Horn Players In Jazz. Graas Had Classical Training Including Attendance At The Tanglewood Music Center Where He Performed Under The Tutelage Of Serge Koussevitsky. He Soon Became Interested In Jazz And Studied Ways To Bring Jazz And Classical Music Together An Early Effort At What Would Later Be Called Third Stream Music. Following The Path Of His Dual Interests He Was A Member Of The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1941 The Claude Thornhill Orchestra 1942 The Army Air Corps Band During World War II 1942–1945 The Cleveland Orchestra 1945–1946 The Tex Beneke Orchestra 1946–1949 And The Stan Kenton Orchestra 1950–1953 . After This Graas Settled In Los Angeles Finding Work As A Studio Musician But Also Now Able To Work With Kindred Spirits On The Innovative Side Of West Coast Jazz Including Shorty Rogers Jimmy Giuffre Gerry Mulligan Art Pepper Buddy Collette And Shelly Manne All Of Whom Were Involved In Efforts To Blend Jazz With Elements Of Classical Music. Graas Recorded A Few Albums Under His Own Name Including French Horn Jazz 1953 Coup De Graas 1956 And Jazzmantics 1957 . His "Jazz Chaconne No. 1" Was An Example Of His Ambitious Attempts To Fuse Jazz With Classical Music. It Appeared On International Premiere In Jazz 1958 With His "Jazz Symphony No. 1" Which Despite Its Title Was Far More Classical Than Jazz. The 1950s Were A Period Of Intense Activity By Graas As Performer Composer And Arranger. Besides Groups Under His Own Name He Appeared In The Musical Aggregations Of Shorty Rogers Stan Kenton Maynard Ferguson Billy May Pete Rugolo Mel Lewis And Others. The 1960s Began With Equal Intensity Including Recordings With Henry Mancini Bobby Darin Heinie Beau And Others Until His Career Was Cut Short By His Death Of A Heart Attack At Age 45 In The Van Nuys Section Of Los Angeles.

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Biography - John Graas

John Graas March 14 1917–April 13 1962 Was An American Jazz French Horn Player Composer And Arranger. Born In Dubuque Iowa Graas Had A Short But Busy Career On The West Coast Known Primarily As One Of The First And Best French Horn Players In Jazz. Graas Had Classical Training Including Attendance At The Tanglewood Music Center Where He Performed Under The Tutelage Of Serge Koussevitsky. He Soon Became Interested In Jazz And Studied Ways To Bring Jazz And Classical Music Together An Early Effort At What Would Later Be Called Third Stream Music. Following The Path Of His Dual Interests He Was A Member Of The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1941 The Claude Thornhill Orchestra 1942 The Army Air Corps Band During World War II 1942–1945 The Cleveland Orchestra 1945–1946 The Tex Beneke Orchestra 1946–1949 And The Stan Kenton Orchestra 1950–1953 . After This Graas Settled In Los Angeles Finding Work As A Studio Musician But Also Now Able To Work With Kindred Spirits On The Innovative Side Of West Coast Jazz Including Shorty Rogers Jimmy Giuffre Gerry Mulligan Art Pepper Buddy Collette And Shelly Manne All Of Whom Were Involved In Efforts To Blend Jazz With Elements Of Classical Music. Graas Recorded A Few Albums Under His Own Name Including French Horn Jazz 1953 Coup De Graas 1956 And Jazzmantics 1957 . His "Jazz Chaconne No. 1" Was An Example Of His Ambitious Attempts To Fuse Jazz With Classical Music. It Appeared On International Premiere In Jazz 1958 With His "Jazz Symphony No. 1" Which Despite Its Title Was Far More Classical Than Jazz. The 1950s Were A Period Of Intense Activity By Graas As Performer Composer And Arranger. Besides Groups Under His Own Name He Appeared In The Musical Aggregations Of Shorty Rogers Stan Kenton Maynard Ferguson Billy May Pete Rugolo Mel Lewis And Others. The 1960s Began With Equal Intensity Including Recordings With Henry Mancini Bobby Darin Heinie Beau And Others Until His Career Was Cut Short By His Death Of A Heart Attack At Age 45 In The Van Nuys Section Of Los Angeles. read less

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