Biography
Gary Ronald McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 2, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, vibraphonist, and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. DownBeat magazine said he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz". A 2015 review of a McFarland DVD documentary called him "one of the busiest New York jazz arrangers of the 1960s". The review further stated that McFarland's "ascendance coincided with the rise of bossa nova, and McFarland was adept at translating the mercurial song form into orchestrations. He wrote some beautiful orchestral settings for great soloists, yet wasn't immune to commercial forces."
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Jazz Samba
1962
You Must Believe In Spring
1981
Dreams
1968
Live In Buenos Aires 1979
1979
Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)
1967
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
The Paris Concert (Edition Two)
1984
Soul Sauce
1965
1969
1969
Solar Heat
1968
Trombone Jazz Samba / Bossa Nova
1962
Live At The Bitter End 1971
2014
In Performance
1980
Feeling Life
1969
Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach
1968
Gypsy '66
1966
Tijuana Jazz
1966
Saturday Night / Sunday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco
1962
Rit's House
2002
Stan Getz
1987
Last Bolero In Berkeley
1973
His Great Hits
1971
Steve Kuhn
1971
Natural Feelings
1970
Credited work
1,384 releases · 221 albums · active 1960–2026
- Performance · 2,639
- Production · 247
- Other credits · 89
Studios: A&R Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Western Recorders · Gotham Recording Corporation