Fred Hess
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Biography
Fred Hess, born September 3, 1944, in Abington, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He studied at Trenton State College and the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York. In 1982, he founded the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble after moving to Colorado. Hess earned a doctorate in composition from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1991. He collaborated with notable figures such as Phil Woods and Fred Waring, and led ensembles including the Creative Music Works Orchestra and the Denver Jazz Quintet with Ginger Baker. Hess released several albums under his own name, with notable works including Extended Family (2003) and Right at Home (2003). He received the Julius Hemphill Award for Jazz Composition in 2000 and won first prize at the International Jazz Composers Symposium in Tampa, Florida, in 2006. Hess passed away on October 27, 2018.
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- Circular Runes by Fred Hess/ Boulder Creative Music Ensemble
- Between the Lines by Fred Hess/ Boulder Creative Music Ensemble
- Thursday's Theme
- Out of the Past
- Feynman Series #4 by Fred Hess/ Boulder Creative Music Ensemble
- Harmonic Convergence
- Psalm to Hymn
- Hold On
- Gathering Moss
- In the Grotto
- Opposites Attract
- The Clef's Ski Vacation
- Simple Steps
- B. Quick
- Ninth House
- The Clefs: Final Chapter?
- Alison's Dream
- Fortunes Finding
- In the Moment
- Lou Bop
- While My Lady Sleeps
- Untying the Knot
- Mystery Woman
- Blues For Bonnie Belle
