David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings. [2] He plays piano, French horn, Spanish guitar, and pennywhistle, and sings. [3]

“David Amram is the Renaissance Man of American Music.” (The Boston Globe) "If you have not yet encountered this extraordinary man of music, you will marvel at his multiple gifts as a composer, conductor and solo instrumentalist."

2019年12月19日 · Musician/composer/conductor David Amram is still flourishing at age eighty-nine. And he's made music with everyone from Jack Kerouac to Charlie Parker.

Amram is the author of three memoirs, Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat (2009), Offbeat: Collaborating With Kerouac (2005) and the highly acclaimed Vibrations (1968, 2007), all published by Routledge Taylor and Francis.

Music Director for past 26 years of Brooklyn Philharmonic's "Young Peoples & Parks Concerts," combining Jazz, Latin & World Music with the Symphony, as Conductor, Narrator & Soloist. …

2016年8月18日 · David Amram might be the most accomplished composer of our times with the least amount of recognition. This is a man who has worked with so many 20th century icons that first names aren’t necessary: Bernstein, Copland, Monk, Gillespie, Mingus, Kerouac, Dylan and Seeger, just to name a few.

2024年4月1日 · Renaissance Man Of American Music, edited by Dean Birkenkamp, covers every aspect of the career of David Amram, who was born 17 November 1930. Individual chapters describe his concert-hall compositions, his chamber music, his work for opera, theatre and cinema soundtracks, and his involvement, both as a performer and composer, in jazz.

Based on stories by authors Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston and Jack Kerouac, the work received its premiere on October 2 nd. Amram has also been selected to receive the Creativity Award from Moment Magazine, an award that acknowledges achievement in the arts and impact on Jewish culture.

2017年12月6日 · A pioneer player of jazz French horn, David Amram is also a virtuoso on piano, numerous flutes and whistles, percussion, and dozens of folkloric instruments from 25 countries, as well as an inventive, funny improvisational lyricist.

David Amram (17 November 1930 - ) By Raquel K. Fok An American composer, musician and instrumentalist, born in Philadelphia, David Amram is well known for his use of diverse jazz, folk and ethnic music. At age seven, he started piano lessons, tried trumpet and tuba before settling for French Horn.