Melba Liston
Born: Melba Doretta Liston January 13, 1926 Kansas City, MO
Died April 23, 1999 Los Angeles, CA
Jazz, Big Band, Trombone, Arranger
50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s
Played with Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Weston, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Art Blakey, Billy Eckstine and Quincy Jones.
Discography:
As leader/principal artist[edit]
Melba Liston and Her ’Bones (leader, soloist, composer/arranger, appears on all tracks; Fresh Sound 408, 2006 reissue of original 1958 MetroJazz Recordsrecording; recorded 1956, 1958) Randy Weston/Melba Liston, Volcano Blues(arranger, all tracks; Verve/Gitanes 519 269-2; recorded February 1993)
As soloist/bandmember[edit]
- Dexter Gordon (leader) and others, Bebop Revisited, Vol. I (soloist, bandmember, appears on tracks 1-4; Xanadu 120, 2001 reissue of original 1947 Dial/Spotlite recordings)
- Dizzy Gillespie (leader), Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions (soloist, bandmember, solos on track 13, disc 1, appears on all tracks; Verve 527900, 1995 compilation of 1956-1957 sessions)
- Dizzy Gillespie, Newport Live (soloist, bandmember, appears on all tracks; Polygram 46LR, 1992 reissue of 1957 live recording)
- Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers Plus Four (soloist, bandmember, appears on all tracks; Cadet LP4049; recorded 1957)
- Art Blakey, Big Band (?; Riverside 1957)
As non-soloing bandmember[edit]
Gerald Wilson (leader), Gerald Wilson and his Orchestra: 1945-1946(bandmember, appears on ? tracks; Arbors ARCD 671, 1997 reissue of Classics 976)
As arranger[edit]
With Art Blakey
- Hold On, I’m Coming (Limelight, 1965)
With Johnny Griffin
- White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
With Milt Jackson
- For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
With Elvin Jones
- And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
With Gloria Lynne
- Lonely and Sentimental (Everest 90490)
With Junior Mance
- The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
With Charles Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
With Calvin Scott
- I’m Not Blind, I Just Can’t See (STAX STS-2046) 1972
With Randy Weston
- Little Niles (United Artists, 1958)
- Destry Rides Again (United Artists, 1959)
- Live at the Five Spot (United Artists, 1959)
- Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
- Highlife (Colpix, 1963)
- Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)
- Khepera (Verve 314 557 821-2)
- The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles 314-511-892-2)
- Earth Birth (Verve 3145370882)
Albums featured[edit]
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With Art Blakey
- Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem, 1957)
- Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
- World Statesman (Norgran, 1956)
- Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957)
- Birks’ Works (Verve, 1957)
- Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957)
With Ernie Henry
- Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956–57)
With Milt Jackson
- Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
With Sam Jones
- The Chant (Riverside, 1961)
With Freddie McCoy
- Listen Here (Prestige, 1968)
With Shirley Scott
- Roll ‘Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
Jazz Discography:
http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/ListonMelba-ldr.php
Videos:
Start Swingin 1945:
Dihah Washington – All of Me – 1957:
My Reverie w Quincy Jones band 1960:
Melba Liston Shafi Late 60’s Starts @ 8:45:
Music Tonic:
http://musictonic.com/music/Melba+Liston#v=c4rJtLR1ZoQ
You Repeat:
http://www.yourepeat.com/g/melba+liston
Shelf 3D:
http://shelf3d.com/Search/Melba%20Liston%20You%20Don’t%20Say
Anoomi:
http://www.anoomi.com/index.php?action=search&ytq=MELBA LISTON
TV.com:
http://www.tv.com/people/melba-liston/
The Story of Amazing Blues Woman 2009:
Books:
Little Melba and her Big Trombone:
http://www.leeandlow.com/books/525/hc/little_melba_and_her_big_trombone
Melba Section in Stormy Weather:
Melba Section of the Jazz Years:
Melba Section in Notable Black American Women:
Melba Section in Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras:
Melba in African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston:
Melba Section in What is this Thing Called Jazz:
Melba Liston Mentions in various books:
http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/search/melba%20liston
Academic Journal Articles that Mention Melba:
http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.sfpl.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=melba+liston&acc=on&wc=on&fc=off
Bios:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston
All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/melba-liston-mn0000404399
Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/311952-Melba-Liston
Last. FM:
http://www.last.fm/music/Melba+Liston
Grove Music Online:
Music:
http://www.music.us/biography/artist/24575/melba_liston.html
Ismael Reed:
http://ishmaelreedpub.com/Melba-Liston
International Women’s Brass Conference:
http://myiwbc.org/melba-liston/
Facts on File:
NEA:
http://arts.gov/honors/jazz/melba-liston
Music Brainz:
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90b5459b-6f1a-4dc7-a27a-9b26acda1ea3
Music Bloodline:
http://musicbloodline.info/artist/MN0000404399/spotify
BBC Music:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/90b5459b-6f1a-4dc7-a27a-9b26acda1ea3
Susan Fleet Archives:
http://archives.susanfleet.com/documents/melba_liston.html
Hard Bop:
http://hardbop.tripod.com/liston.html
Answers:
http://www.answers.com/topic/melba-liston
Spokeo:
http://www.spokeo.com/Melba+Liston+1
All About Jazz:
Around the Web:
Curt’s Jazz Cafe:
http://curtjazz.com/tag/jazz-trombone/
Women in Jazz:
http://www.fyicomminc.com/jazzwomen/melbaliston.htm
Matriarchs of Jazz:
http://www.blackwomeninjazz.com/matriarchs-of-jazz.php
Flea Market Funk:
http://fleamarketfunk.com/tag/melba-liston/
Equalizer:
http://equalizer.se/2014/01/26/vanja-skriver-om-historien-pt-2-melba-liston/
The Girls in the Band:
Music and Musings:
http://beautifulmind1.wordpress.com/tag/melba-liston/
Roots; Rhythm and Rhyme:
http://rootsrhythmandrhyme.com/2012/08/10/females-in-jazz-melba-liston/
A Whistling Girl:
http://monicaoconnell.com/new-year-wisdom-courtesy-of-melba-liston/
Jazz Matrix:
http://jazzmatrix.com/forum/11-videos-trombone-35/melba-liston/
Mind Matter and Music:
http://fayepatton.wordpress.com/tag/melba-liston/
Jazz Music Archive:
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/melba-liston/?ac=melba%20liston
Survey of Women in Jazz:
surveyofwomeninjazz.com/discography/melba-liston/
Cahl’s Juke Joint:
http://cahlsjukejoint.com/2009/06/jazz-blog-special-melba-liston-and-her-bones.html
Center for Black Music Research:
csosoundsandstories.org/the-center-for-black-music-research-a-gem-in-the-city-of-chicago/
The Last Poet:
http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=925680527
Gotta Have Soul:
gottahavesoul.tumblr.com/post/57194608718/melba-liston-oh-my-one-of-the-few-women-to
Gems of Jazz:
http://gemsofjazz.blogspot.com/2011/05/melba-liston-and-her-bones.html
Jazzitude:
jazzitude.forumactif.com/t4329-melba-liston-tromboniste-et-arrangeuse
Who is the Monk:
http://whoisthemonk.wordpress.com/category/melba-liston/
Gore Langton:
Ryan Comat:
Ryan Vickery:
The Thought Criminal:
http://zthoughtcriminal.blogspot.com/2013/05/melba-liston-and-her-bones-you-dont-say.html
Mujeres Intrumentalist:
mujeresinstrumentistas.blogspot.com/2009/01/melba-liston-trombn.html
Ladies in Brass:
ladiesinbrass.blogspot.com/2010/03/look-back-at-iwbc.html
Birth of Jazz:
http://www.violafair.com/music/birthjazz5.htm#Melba Liston
Jazz on the Side:
http://www.jazzontheside.com/shows/series-1/11-8-mary-lou-williams-a-melba-liston
Tulsa Jazz:
Tulsa Jazz Presents:The Jazz Legends featuring Melba Doretta Liston
Let’s Cool One:
http://larryappelbaum.wordpress.com/tag/melba-liston/
Black Women in Jazz:
http://www.blackwomeninjazz.com/matriarchs-of-jazz.php
Exiled One:
http://exiledun.livejournal.com/156138.html
J Shank 51:
Art Villa:
http://www.artvilla.com/melba-liston-women-jazz-musicians/
Cinema Beach:
http://www.cinemabeach.com/features/tag/melba-liston/
Trombone Player:
http://www.trombone-usa.com/liston_melba_bio.htm
Active Voice:
Columbia College:
http://www.colum.edu/CBMR/library/archives/personal/Melba_Liston_scores_and_other_material.php
Open Sky Jazz:
Donald Clarke Music Box:
http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com/encyclopedia/detail.php?s=2247
WDR:
http://www.wdr3.de/musik/jazzbeiwdr3/melbaliston100.html
WCSU:
http://wcsufm.org/programs/melba-liston-bones-arranger-next-jazz-profiles
KMHD:
http://www.opb.org/kmhd/article/albums-we-love-melba-liston-and-her-bones/
Origin Records:
http://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82637
Jazz Times:
http://jazztimes.com/articles/132182-melba-liston-tribute-concert-coming-to-nyc
African Rhythms Interview:
http://www.randyweston.info/randy-weston-sidemen-pages/melba-liston.html
Jazz Lead Sheets:
http://www.jazzleadsheets.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=486
Fresh Sounds Records:
http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/melba_liston_and_her_bones-cd-4356.html
1957 NYT Article:
1961 NYT Articles:
http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/115308542/FB8C0DFD91AA4BA7PQ/6?
accountid=35117http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/115259747/FB8C0DFD91AA4BA7PQ/7?accountid=35117
1977 Ebony Article:
1979 Jazz Forum:
1980 NYT Articles:
1981 NYT Articles:
1985 Cadence Interview:
Independent Articles:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-melba-liston-1089881.html
http://www.jazzinchicago.org/educates/journal/articles/melba-liston
1987 Jazz Journal International:
Long NEA Interview 1987:
1999 Antioch Review Article:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4613889?uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104234447477
1999 Scotsman Article:
http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=925680527
1999 BBC Article:
Fuller Up Obituary:
http://elvispelvis.com/melbaliston.htm
NYT Obituary:
2000 Crisis Article:
2008 NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/2008/07/09/92349036/melba-liston-bones-of-an-arranger
2014 Bay View Article:
http://sfbayview.com/tag/melba-liston/
Pinterest:
Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/melba-liston
blackwomeninmusic.tumblr.com/post/13896494361/melba-liston-discography-as-principle-artist
IMBd:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514285/
My space:
https://myspace.com/melbaliston
Songs:
Spotify:
8 Tracks:
http://8tracks.com/search/melba%20liston/results
Music Online:
http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/search/melba%20liston
Another Sad Night – Me Walker 1953:
Birk’s Works – Dizzy Gillespie 1957:
Melba’s Tune _ Ernie Henry 1957:
Cool Breeze with Dizzy Gillespie @ Newport 1957:
El Toro – Art Blakey 1957:
Blues Melba 1958:
Pow! 1958:
Insomnia 1958:
Zagred This 1958:
You Don’t Say 1958:
Blue Bird – Betty Carter 1958:
The Stolen Moment – Jimmy Lockjaw Davis 1960:
The Uptown – Cannonball Adderley 1961:
Off Color – Sam Jones – 1961:
Star Eyes – Milt Jackson 1962: