Fred Stone (musician)

Fred ( the ) Stone ( born September 9, 1935 in Toronto, † December 10, 1986 ) was a Canadian flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.

Life and work

Stone, whose father, saxophonist Archie Stone, 1936-1960 conducted the orchestra of the Casono Theatre in Toronto, took 1950-1955 in the summer months trumpet lessons with Donald Reinhardt in Philadelphia. He then studied composition with Gordon Delamont ( 1955-60 ) and John Weinzweig ( 1960-62 ).

Sixteen -year old he played in dance bands of Benny Louis and 1955-1967 he worked in various orchestras in the CBC. As a soloist he has performed with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Winnipeg, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Ottawa and San Diego as well as on the jazz musicians Ron Collier ( 1960-73) and Phil Nimmons ( 1965-70 ) and the ensembles Boss Brass (1968 -70 ) and Lighthouse ( 1969-70 ). In the late 1960s he also experimented with a reinforced horn and early forms of synthesizers.

1970/71 Stone took on a tour of the Duke Ellington Orchestra in part by North America and Europe. After his return, he began his career as a music educator, first as a composer in residence at Centennial College ( 1972-73 ), then at Humber College ( 1973-75 ) and from 1976 at the George Brown College and the Blue Mountain School of Music '.

After Stone had to give up his career as a musician for health reasons in 1984, he founded his students an improvisational ensemble, which was known as Freddie's band and musicians such as saxophonists Jonnie Bakan, Rob Frayne, Nic Gotham and Perry White, trombonist Steve Donald, trumpeter Michael White, the cornetist Roland Bourgeois, bassist George Koller and drummer Graeme Kirkland played. After Stone's death, the ensemble has continued in his spirit by the name of Free Union Collectiv.

As a composer, Stone stepped et al with two suites for electric Flugelhorn and Symphonic Orchestra forth, also with smaller pieces for big band and jazz band. In addition to performances as a sideman, he released two albums of his own: The Music of Fred Stone ( 1972) and In Season (1986).

The Sound Symposium donated 1991 Freddie Stone Award, the first recipient of the bassist Lisle Ellis.

Lexical entries

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia - Fred Stone
  • Flugelhorn player
  • Trumpeter
  • Canadian Composer
  • Composer (Jazz)
  • Composer ( Third Stream )
  • Born in 1935
  • Died in 1986
  • Man
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