Michael Colgrass: Adventures of an American Composer

by Colgrass, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781574631555
• ISBN10: 1574631551
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-20
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

Michael Colgrass: is a Hal Leonard publication.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
1942-1949
Recipe for My Conception	p. 7
"I'm a Drummer!"	p. 9
Three Jacks and a Jill	p. 11
Spitball Symphony	p. 13
Waiting for the Caboose	p. 15
The Mob Invites My Father	p. 17
Tormenting My Band Teacher	p. 20
My Portraits of Jazz Greats	p. 23
Sneaking in to See Gene Krupa	p. 26
"Some Kind of Genius"	p. 28
Getting Gertie's Garter	p. 30
Last Stop: Louis Prima	p. 34
The Spaghetti Did It!	p. 36
Zoot Suit, Shades and "The Walk"	p. 39
Too Green for Big-Time Jazz	p. 43
Not Really the Blues	p. 46
"Who's Rousseau? "	p. 48
1950-1966
"I'm a Composer!"	p. 53
Jazz and Drugs 101	p. 56
A Heart-Stopping Event	p. 58
Taps for Big Sid	p. 60
Verbal Sparring with John Cage	p. 61
"It's Not Personal"	p. 63
Brahms Made Me Jump and Run	p. 65
My Lessons with Milhaud	p. 66
Big-Rig Genius	p. 68
Advice from a Stranger	p. 70
At War with the Army	p. 72
Journey to San Marco	p. 76
An American Saint in Paris	p. 79
Greenberg's Law	p. 81
My First New York Review	p. 84
Premiere at the Five Spot Cafe	p. 86
The Stripper and West Side Story	p. 88
Smoking Up to Play viola	p. 92
Casting a Spell on Bach	p. 94
Midnight Martinis with Henry Brant	p. 96
The Rite of Spring with Chivas Regal	p. 98
The Enchanted Triangle	p. 101
Harry Partch: In the Nose of a Cow	p. 103
Romancing a Spy in Bucharest	p. 105
Diplomacy by Vodka	p. 110
Epiphany in Carnegie Tavern	p. 112
Turning My Father Around	p. 114
My Creative Demon	p. 117
Wisdom by Candlelight	p. 120
Composer in Disguise	p. 122
Kenny's Answer to Life	p. 124
"I'm Really Glad You Wrote That Piece"	p. 126
Brushes with Leonard Bernstein	p. 128
Absinthe-Minded Composer	p. 131
Frantic on Broadway	p. 132
Ben's Naked Deadline	p. 134
The Gingerman	p. 136
"Who Are You?" Asked Elizabeth Taylor	p. 137
The Almost-Never-Finished Concerto	p. 139
The Captain's Final Move	p. 141
"I'm a Spy!"	p. 143
Writing a Ballet Overnight	p. 144
"Who Is This Woman? "	p. 148
1967-Present
Incident on West 57th Street	p. 153
Opera Pickles	p. 157
"I Thought He'd Never See It"	p. 158
Eye-Opener from Joseph Heller	p. 161
Mysterious Paths to Musical Careers	p. 163
Being a Composer Father	p. 166
Use It or Lose It	p. 170
"Stop, Thief!"	p. 171
Danny Kaye's Noodle Tree	p. 174
Hit by Pulitzer Buckshot	p. 177
Dizzy's Magnetic Head	p. 179
Floating Down the Root Canal	p. 181
The Essence of Hypnosis	p. 184
Violinists and Football	p. 186
"What's the Matter-Can't You Count? "	p. 188
Appreciation by Proxy	p. 189
Psychic Feathers	p. 190
Then I Stood on My Head	p. 193
Enemies Into Allies	p. 196
"How Do I Stand it?"	p. 198
Getting Religion in the Arctic	p. 200
Group Therapy, Inuit Style	p. 202
The Wrong Church	p. 204
A Lesson from the Irish Sea	p. 205
Communicating by Iceberg	p. 207
Tired Tongue in Bali	p. 208
My Decomposing Pants	p. 210
"You Oughta Be on Facebook"	p. 212
Post-Humorous Works	p. 214
Appendix	p. 217
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