Earl Zindars
Earl Zindars | |
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| Born | September 25, 1927 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 15, 2005 (aged 77) San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Jazz, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
Earl Zindars (September 25, 1927 – August 15, 2005) was an American composer of jazz and classical music.
Biography
Pianist Bill Cunliffe brought out a CD entitled How My Heart Sings, dedicating it exclusively to the music of Zindars.[1] Cunliffe described Zindars' contribution:
He (Zindars) was an interesting composer in that he was one of the first, along with Brubeck, to write songs where the time signature changes. For example, on 'How My Heart Sings,' the first part of the song is in a waltz feel, but the middle part of the tune is in a 4/4, medium, swing jazz feel. That was very, very innovative for the fifties. Very few guys were doing that. His music is very interesting harmonically as well and he has a really strong melodic sense. He's a very good composer.[1]
Zindars appeared on KCSM's Desert Island Jazz program in 2003.[2]
"Zindars, who expressed himself more through his music than words, composed his final composition less than a month" before dying; "it was called 'Roses for Annig' and was dedicated to his wife of 43 years."[3]
He died of cancer in San Francisco at the age of 77.[4]
References
- ^ a b Fred Jung (2010). "A Fireside Chat With Bill Cunliffe". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
When I was a kid, I was listening mostly to classical music because my dad had a lot of it in the house. I listened to all the stuff that was on the radio in the Sixties and Seventies.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Guthrie, Julien, "Earl Zindars -- jazz, classical composer", San Francisco Chronicle; accessed February 4, 2019.
- ^ https://jazztimes.com/archives/musician-composer-earl-zindars-dies/
External links
- Zindars.com
- Letter From Evans- Hinkle, Win. 1993. Please see pages 18–21 for extensive interview with Earl Zindars.
Further reading
- Pettinger, Peter (2002) [1999]. Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (New ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09727-1.
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- American jazz composers
- American male jazz composers
- DePaul University alumni
- Bienen School of Music alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Columbia University fellows
- 1927 births
- 2005 deaths
- Musicians from Chicago
- 20th-century American composers
- Jazz musicians from Illinois
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century jazz composers