Bob Curnow
Biography
Robert Harry Curnow (born November 1, 1941) is an American musician who served as a trombonist, staff arranger and producer for the Stan Kenton Orchestra during the 1960s and 1970s. As a composer and arranger, he has become well known for large ensemble jazz music set to contemporary fusion and rock music of groups such as Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and the Yellowjackets. Most notably, he arranged the music for and produced the award-winning and critically acclaimed CD, Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band Plays The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. His compositions and arrangements are heavily influenced by earlier writers for the Stan Kenton Orchestra such as Pete Rugolo, Bill Russo, Johnny Richards and Bill Holman. Curnow is currently owner and President of Sierra Music Publications, Inc., he is also prominent in the instrumental music and jazz education fields.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
158 releases · 19 albums · active 1961–2019
- Performance · 174
- Production · 47
- Other credits · 14
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Universal Recording Studio · United Western Studios · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Western Recorders
Frequent collaborators
- Stan Kenton
- Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
- Bob Curnow's L. A. Big Band
- Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
- The Baron Von Ohlen Quartet
- North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band
- The United States Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors
- The Lin Biviano Band