Garrett List
{{Short description|American musician (1943–2019)}}
Garrett List (September 10, 1943 – December 27, 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/269604/article/2019-12-28/garrett-list-la-mort-dun-phenomene-musical|title=Garrett List, la mort d'un phénomène musical|date=December 28, 2019|website=Le Soir Plus}} was an American trombonist, vocalist, and composer.
List was born in Phoenix, Arizona.{{Cite Grove |last=La Barbara |first=John |date=2001 |title=List, Garrett |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46144 }} He studied at California State University, Long Beach, and the Juilliard School. He was a member of Italian band Musica Elettronica Viva from 1971. In 1980, he began teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. List died in Liège, Belgium, aged 76.
Discography
=As leader=
- Your Own Self (Opus One, 1972)
- American Images (Horo, 1978)
- Fire & Ice (Lovely Music, 1982)
- The Real Live Orchestra (Igloo, 1986)
- The Unbearably Light (Music for Treesasbl, 1995)
- The Voyage (Carbon 7, 1998)
- The New York Takes (Carbon 7, 1998)
=As sideman=
With Anthony Braxton
- Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Arista, 1976)
- Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988 (hatART, 1989)
With Willem Breuker
- Driebergen Zeist (BV Haast, 1983)
- To Remain (BV Haast, 1989)
- The Parrot (BV Haast, 1996)
- Kurt Weill (BV Haast, 1998)
With Johnny Copeland
- Copeland Special (Demon, 1981)
- Texas Party (Orbis, 1995)
With Arthur Russell
- First Thought Best Thought (Audika, 2006)
- Love Is Overtaking Me (Audika, 2008)
With others
- Morton Feldman, Morton Feldman (Edition, 1994)
- Keshavan Maslak, Keshavan Maslak (Atman, 1977)
- Musica Elettronica Viva, United Patchwork (Horo, 1978)
- Frederic Rzewski, Attica/Coming Together/Les Moutons De Panurge (Opus One, 1974)
- Marianne Schroeder, Braxton & Stockhausen (hat ART, 1984)
- Yoshi Wada, Earth Horns With Electronic Drone (Edition, Omega Point, EM 2009)
- Christian Wolff, Ten Exercises (New World, 2006)
- La Monte Young, Dream House 78' 17" (Shandar, 1974)
Further reading
- Zimmerman, Walter, Desert Plants – Conversations with 23 American Musicians, Berlin: Beginner Press in cooperation with Mode Records, 2020 (originally published in 1976 by A.R.C., Vancouver). The 2020 edition includes a cd featuring the original interview recordings with Larry Austin, Robert Ashley, Jim Burton, John Cage, Philip Corner, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Joan La Barbara, Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young.
References
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External links
- [http://www.jazzinbelgium.com/person/garrett.list Jazz in Belgium bio]
- Bernard Legros, Garrett List. La musique et l'avenir. Postface de Steve Houben, Jacques Flament Editions, 2014.
- [https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-09-21_11_38/page/n82/mode/1up Review of List's album Fire & Ice] The Boston Phoenix
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