Earl Zindars

Earl Zindars (actually Zindarsian Earl, born September 25, 1927 in Chicago, † August 15 2005 in San Francisco ) was an American jazz composer and percussionist ( timpanist ). Zindars is best known for his compositions for Bill Evans as Elsa and How My Heart Sings.

Life and work

Zindars grew up in Chicago in a family originating from Armenia and studied at Northwestern University. After graduating, he went to New York. There he met the jazz singer Anne ( Annig ) Bohigian, his future wife, who was in a band called The Axidentials. Earl Zindars was playing the drums. Later moved Zindars over to San Francisco, where from now on should be center of his life. In the next few years he played first as timpanist in the Golden Gate Park band.

In his later work Zindars worked for a long time with Bill Evans together; the pianist took among others whose compositions Elsa, Mother Of Earl and How My Heart Sings on several occasions; the latter became a jazz standard. The pianist Bill Cunliffe dedicated his album How My Heart Sings (2003) exclusively Zindars pieces. Compositions by Earl Zindars were also recorded by Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd, Eddie Daniels, Philly Joe Jones, Dino Saluzzi, Tony Williams and other jazz musicians. In addition Zindars composed music for classical orchestra and wind ensembles, which have been performed by various ensembles of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, as well as wind ensembles worldwide. His classical compositions are influenced by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Zindars taught six years composition, theory, percussion and jazz at the San Francisco State University.

Auswahldiskographie

  • The Return - Performed by The Don Haas Trio with Don Haas ( p), Larry Grenadier ( b ), Scott Morris (dr ) ( Zindars Publishing, 1990)

Links / sources

  • Earl Zindars homepage
  • Earl Zindars - jazz, classical composer obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 19, 2005
  • Percussionist
  • Composer (Jazz)
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • University teachers (San Francisco State University)
  • American composer
  • Born 1927
  • Died in 2005
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