JOHN GRAAS

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John Graas (March 14, 1917 – April 13, 1962) was an American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Graas had a short but busy career on the West Coast, known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz. Graas had classical training, including attendance at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he performed under the tutelage of Serge Koussevitsky. He soon became interested in jazz and studied ways to bring jazz and classical music together, an early effort at what would later be called Third Stream music. Following the path of his dual interests, he was a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1941), the Claude Thornhill Orchestra (1942), the Army Air Corps band during World War II (1942–1945), the Cleveland Orchestra (1945–1946), the Tex Beneke Orchestra (1946–1949), and the Stan Kenton Orchestra (1950–1953). After this, Graas settled in Los Angeles, read more...
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JOHN GRAAS Opening the Door to a New Sound: French Horn Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Opening the Door to a New Sound: French Horn Jazz
Cool Jazz 1954
JOHN GRAAS Jazz Studio 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Studio 3
Cool Jazz 1954
JOHN GRAAS Jazz-Lab-1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz-Lab-1
Cool Jazz 1956
JOHN GRAAS Jazz Lab 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Lab 2
Cool Jazz 1957
JOHN GRAAS French Horn Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
French Horn Jazz
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JOHN GRAAS Jazzmantics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazzmantics
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JOHN GRAAS International Premiere in Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
International Premiere in Jazz
Third Stream 1958
JOHN GRAAS Coup De Graas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Coup De Graas
Cool Jazz 1958
JOHN GRAAS John Graas! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
John Graas!
Cool Jazz 1958
JOHN GRAAS Jazz studio two : Jazz lab vol.14 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz studio two : Jazz lab vol.14
Cool Jazz 1975
JOHN GRAAS John Graas Septet And Nonetet Jazz Lab Vol. 19 : Westcoast Workshop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
John Graas Septet And Nonetet Jazz Lab Vol. 19 : Westcoast Workshop
Cool Jazz 1975

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JOHN GRAAS French Horn Jazz, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
French Horn Jazz, Volume 1
Cool Jazz 1953
JOHN GRAAS French Horn Jazz, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
French Horn Jazz, Volume 2
Cool Jazz 1954

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JOHN GRAAS Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 1/2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 1/2
Cool Jazz 2004
JOHN GRAAS Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 3/4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 3/4
Cool Jazz 2004
JOHN GRAAS Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 5/6 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Studio Complete Sessions 5/6
Cool Jazz 2004
JOHN GRAAS John Graas Nonet - Jazzmantics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
John Graas Nonet - Jazzmantics
Cool Jazz 2004
JOHN GRAAS Jazz Lab, Vols. 1-2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Lab, Vols. 1-2
Cool Jazz 2005
JOHN GRAAS Complete Small Group Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Small Group Sessions
Cool Jazz 2016

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