George Russell (composer)
George Russell | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | George Allen Russell |
| Born | June 23, 1923 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2009 (aged 86) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, drums |
| Years active | 1947–2009 |
| Website | www |
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).