News and Posts
2/1/2020 – Quantum Harmony, Early Jazz – Special Guest Joshua Moshier
Quantum Harmony? I mean, you gotta call the class something, right? I do have an explanation, I guess you’ll have to show up at the 2/1 installment of the Ellington Study Group! Plus the real... Read more
Panel Discussion: “Scoring for Animated Series” – Sunday Dec 8th
I’m moderating a panel on “Scoring for Animated Series” next Sunday as part of the weekend-long Los Angeles Animation Festival, produced and hosted by my good friend and... Read more
Ellington Study Group with Scott Healy 9/21 – Jeff Beal Special Guest
On Saturday, Sept. 21st the Academy of Scoring Arts will host the latest installment of my Ellington Study Group. I am excited to have as a guest speaker Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Blackfish,... Read more
Across the Great Divide 10/19/2018
Bob Weir, John Prine Set for Across the Great Divide Concert – Rolling Stone Read more
Ellington Study Group LA with Scott Healy 3/23/2019
The Dark Side: The Music of Late 1950’s Film Noir, with Special Guest Marcelo Zarvos (HBO’s “Ray Donovan”) Saturday, March 23rd 2019 Vitello’s E-Spot Lounge – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm... Read more
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Professorscosco Posts
The original Columbia recording of Duke Ellington’s piano feature The Clothed Woman is from December 30th, 1947, and is available on “The Chronological Duke Ellington and his Orchestra 1947-1948.” Ellington had performed the piece a few nights earlier at Carnegie … Continue reading → [...]
Bassist Michael Merritt, ProfScoSco’s daily Basic Cable Band collaborator, has produced a tribute concert featuring the music of his dad, former Jazz Messengers (and many other) bassist Jymie Merritt. NPR picked up this documentary/performance and is broadcasting it throughout the … Continue reading → [...]
Originally posted on Professorscosco: There’s nothing wrong with strict song form, standards, blues, etc., and I have no objection to chord progressions – some of my best friends have strong resolutions. But, jazz music’s two big building blocks, song form… [...]
I’d like to welcome composer and arranger Jack Cooper to Professorscosco as my first featured guest contributor. I’ve invited Jack to share with you some of his arrangements of Charles Ives’ music from his monumental 2014 release, Mists – Charles … Continue reading → [...]
As does “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” But, sorry, this abortion of a movie, “Whiplash”, is by far the worst music movie Professorscosco has ever seen clips of. It’s derogatory, inflammatory, insulting, and from what I hear, done non-union. How much more … Continue reading → [...]
Live at Kilbourn Hall
Scott Healy with the Eastman Chamber Jazz Orchestra
Live at Kilbourn Hall
"...terrific large ensemble wor
k led by composer and pianist Scott Healy. A mix of originals and covers (“Anthropology,” “Solitude,” “In Your Own Sweet Way”), with the transitions between the two groups sounding fluid and cohesive. Some nice soloing by members of the Eastman Chamber Jazz Orchestra, but it’s the best moments are those of group interplay when the energy of a song seems close to ripping its form apart just to have it all coalesce back into its original shape. -Dave Sumner, WonderingSound.com
The Scott Healy Ensemble: Hudson City Suite
2014 Grammy® Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition
Following a year of rave reviews and national jazz radio airplay, Los Angeles composer, performer, and Conan O'Brien keyboardist Scott Healy scored a 2014 Grammy nomination for his ten-piece jazz ensemble tour de force Hudson City Suite.
"Scott Healy's Hudson City Suite unites past and present musically as well as conceptually, bridging traditional big-band swing with lithe jazz modernism. -Downbeat Magazine
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