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Neal Hefti 1922

29/10/2020

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rombettista (a volte pianista), arrangiatore e compositore statunitense (Hastings, Nebraska, 29.10.1922 - Toluca Lake, 11 ottobre 2008).

​Esordisce come trombettista all’età di undici anni e, quattro anni più tardi, scrive già i suoi primi arrangiamenti. Dopo essersi esibito nel ruolo di trombettista in orchestre di rumba a Cuba, e successivamente col le big band di Charlie Barnet, Earl Hines e Harry James, viene scritturato da Woody Herman per cui compone i suoi due primi successi: The Good Earth e Wildroot (1944), e di cui sposa fra l’altro la cantante Frances Wayne.

A questi seguiranno altri arrangiamenti non meno riusciti, e in particolare Repetition (1948), una composizione più ambiziosa richiesta da Norman Granz, che ebbe per solista Charlie Parker. È questo il periodo in cui inizia la sua esemplare collaborazione con Count Basie, durata più di trent’anni. Stabilitosi in California, con grandissima abilità compone musiche per il cinema e la televisione, per alcuni show di varietà con Frank Sinatra e una serie come Batman.

Per gli appassionati di jazz, il meglio della produzione di Neal Hefti risiede senz’altro nelle opere composte per Basie. E sebbene il suo capolavoro sia indubbiamente Lil’ Darlin’, la cui apparente semplicità affonda le radici in una cultura sottile capace di economizzare meravigliosamente le proprie forze, vi sono almeno altri venti temi (Girl Talk, Dinner With Friends, Lolly Pop, Why Not, Two For The Blues, Two Franks, Softly With Feeling, Cherry Point, Little Pony, The Kid From Red Bank, Duet, Cute, Whirly Bird,  I’m Shoutin’ Again, Ain’t That Right, Flight Of The Right Foo Birds), che, dinamici e lucenti contenitori d’assolo apparentemente semplici, tanto ben segnato è iò cammino, hanno oltrepassato il repertorio di Basie per ergersi a esemplari opere di riferimento per qualunque big band che voglia swingare.

[A. F.]
Trumpeter (sometimes pianist), arranger, and American composer (Hastings, Nebraska, 29.10.1922 - Toluca Lake, 11 October 2008).

​He made his debut as a trumpet player at the age of eleven and, four years later, he already wrote his first arrangements. He performed in the role of a trumpet player in rumba orchestras in Cuba. Later with the big bands of Charlie Barnet, Earl Hines, and Harry James, Woody Herman was hired to composed his first two hits: The Good Earth and Wildroot (1944); he marries the singer Frances Wayne.

These will be followed by another no less successful arrangements, particularly Repetition (1948), a more ambitious composition requested by Norman Granz, who had Charlie Parker as a soloist. These are the years in which he begins his exemplary collaboration with Count Basie, which lasted more than thirty years. Settled in California, with great skill, he composes music for cinema and television, for some variety shows with Frank Sinatra and a series like Batman.

For jazz fans, the best of Neal Hefti's production undoubtedly lies in the works he composed for Basie. And although his masterpiece is indeed Lil 'Darlin' - whose apparent simplicity is rooted in a subtle culture capable of marvelously economizing its strength. Dynamic and bright, simple solo containers, so well marked is the path, have gone beyond Basie's repertoire to rise to exemplary reference works. There are at least twenty other themes for any big band that wants to swing, including Girl Talk, Dinner With Friends, Lolly Pop, Why Not, Two For The Blues, Two Franks, Softly With Feeling, Cherry Point, Little Pony, The Kid From Red Bank, Duet, Cute, Whirly Bird, I'm Shoutin 'Again, Ain't That Right, Flight Of The Right Foo Birds.
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[A. F.]
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