Bill Holman

Bill Holman
Born: May 21, 1927 in Olive, CA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Big Band
Biography: One of the great arrangers, Bill Holman's dense but hard-swinging charts often have so much of value going on that they reward repeated listenings. After a stint with Charlie Barnet (1950-1951), Holman became well-known for his arrangements for Stan Kenton (1952-1956), which helped advance the Kenton ...Read full biography
Brilliant Corners: The Music of Thelonious Monk
Released: 1997
Label: JVC/XRCD
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Bill Holman's exploration of ten Thelonious Monk tunes is purposely a lot more Holman than Monk. Rather than trying to re-create the great pianist/composer's piano solos or small-group renditions of his ...Read full review
A View From the Side
Released: 1995
Label: JVC/XRCD
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Although he never seems to win any popularity polls, Bill Holman is among the most respected and unique arrangers of the last 40 years of the 20th century. This CD features his band of the mid-'90s, an ...Read full review
More Bill Holman albums: Main Albums (12), Compilations (1)
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