 Исполнитель: Leslie DraytonНазвание альбома: Free and Easy Год выпуска: 2014 Формат файлов: mp3 320kbps cbr Размер архива: 133Mb Скачать с: rusfolder
02. Back in the Day
03. Alone in the Dark
04. Afterthoughts
05. Free and Easy
06. Discreetly
07. Subtle Change
08. Coastal Change
09. M.A.R.S Landing
10. Hip Hop Fantasy
11. Jam Groove
12. Wide Open Spaces
Trumpeter Leslie Drayton offers 12 tracks of contemporary, yet funky, grooves for the mature listener with a taste for 'jazz with the flavor'.
Leslie’s fascination with music began as a toddler when his mother discovered that he would pick out melodies on a neighbor’s piano. He began formal musical training at around 5 or 6 years of age by studying piano, clarinet and bongo drums. At age 11, jazz great, Benny Carter, a family friend gave him a trumpet. Leslie decided at age 15 that he wanted to be a professional musician when he joined a local youth band. Through his association with the youth band he was taught arranging, composing and music preparation skills. Upon graduating from Los Angeles High School, he attended L. A. Valley College and later transferred to California State University at Los Angeles where he earned a B. A. in Music Education. During his college years, Leslie began his professional music career by playing and writing for local R & B bands, big bands, and was also a seminal member of the group, ‘Earth, Wind, and Fire’. During those early years, Leslie began to formulate his own compositional ideas and began composing and rehearsing his own musical aggregations.
After graduating from college in 1971, he continued his work as a freelance musician. In 1972 he formed a big band with Melba Liston that led to his meeting Marvin Gaye. Leslie worked with Marvin Gaye as his musical director and conductor from 1974-1976. In 1977, the ‘Leslie Drayton Orchestra’ was formed and received critical as well as popular acclaim. The orchestra evolved into a smaller group known as ‘Leslie Drayton and Fun’ in 1984. This band featured music that is much more contemporary than traditional jazz music, but incorporated musical elements that have been explored throughout the entire history of jazz.
Leslie relocated to Denver, Colorado in 1989 and remained there until 1996. During his years in Colorado, he continued his freelance activities and also earned a Masters of Arts in Composition from the University of Denver in 1991. While in Denver he began Water Sign Music Productions, a company that publishes many of his compositions. It was also in Denver that he met his lovely wife, Kathy.
Leslie continues his freelance performing and composing activities in the Los Angeles area and has mentored young musicians through programs sponsored by the L. A. Jazz Society, The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and the Grammy Foundation. He is a current member of the Board of Directors for the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. During the years of 2004-2010, he taught a popular course at Santa Monica College entitled, ‘Jazz in American Culture’. Beginning in the fall of 2010, Leslie began a full-time position as Assistant Professor of Music at Ventura College where he leads the jazz band and teaches a variety of music history, music appreciation, and theory courses. Leslie has released 11 recordings as leader.
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