George Russell (jun 23, 1923 – jul 27, 2009)
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George Allen Russell (June 23, 1923 – July 27, 2009) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist. He is considered one of the first jazz musicians to contribute to general music theory with a theory of harmony based on jazz rather than European music, in his book Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (1953).Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 23, 1923
jul 27, 2009
~ 86 years