Her high harmonies put an emotional charge into her work with George Jones and others. She also had solo hits, including “No Charge,” a country No. 1. By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics ...

In a world dominated by men, Melba Liston became a renowned jazz trombonist. The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the ...

It was a time, after all, when jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Melba Liston were dispatched as cultural ambassadors to Africa’s post-colonial regions, only to realize they were smokescreens ...

Arrangements were put together by the band's trombone player Melba Liston - showcasing Griffin's energy and lyricism in the midst of an orchestra of brass and strings.

Melba’s Kitchen is a 14-piece all women big band celebrating Black women musical geniuses Melba Liston and Mary Lou Williams ... woodwinds); Pat Mullen (co-leader, trombone); Georgianna Krieger (alto ...

the all-women big band that performs compositions and arrangements by the late trombone great Melba Liston (with a generous helping of material by innovative pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams).

An all-women big band devoted to the music of legendary trombonist/arranger Melba Liston, Melba’s Kitchen makes its SFJAZZ Center debut as part of a series programmed by pianist Tammy Hall ...

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone is a picture biography about Melba Doretta Liston, a Black American jazz virtuoso and "pioneering" trombone player, composer, and music arranger, according to the ...

According to UConn Library's ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, "He worked as a jazz pianist and arranger with Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal, Melba Liston, Oliver Nelson, and Randy Weston ...

The trombone is one of the most famous instruments ... He has also pursued a solo career working with artists and performing in famous concert halls. Melba Liston was a famous trombonist, arranger, ...

Set right next to them are Mary Lou Williams and Melba Liston, two women who appeared on the jazz scene ... While still a young girl growing up in Kansas City, she pointed to a trombone in the window ...