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John Altman (born 5 December 1949, London) is a British film composer, music arranger, orchestrator and conductor. ==Music career== Altman was introduced to the music of the 1930s and 1940s at an early age by his uncles, bandleaders Woolf and Sid Phillips. Woolf Phillips〔(Woolf Phillips obituary )〕 arranged and conducted for Judy Garland, the Marx Brothers, Frank Sinatra, and Laurel and Hardy, among others, while Sid Phillips wrote for the Ambrose Orchestra and led Britain's best known Dixieland Band. John Altman's cousin, Simon Phillips, was for many years the drummer of the world famous rock band Toto. Altman's only formal musical training was piano lessons as a child.〔(Soundtrack.net interview with Altman )〕 While enrolled at the University of Sussex he was involved in session work and gigs with Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac, Kevin Ayers, and Nico. His later studies at Birkbeck College were interrupted when he left to work with Hot Chocolate as musical director for their concert tour for two years.〔(John Altman bio at JazzCDs.co.uk )〕 He also played saxophone in rock bands and with blues and jazz groups with such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Little Richard, and Van Morrison for whom he functioned as arranger and musical director as well as reed player.〔(John Altman bio at Bettina-Werner.com )〕 Among the many other artists Altman has played with over the years are Muddy Waters, Nick Drake, Jimmy Page, Rick Astley, The Comets, Spencer Davis. In the mid-1970s, Altman began arranging and conducting. Among his hit records have been Aled Jones' Walking in the Air (which he also produced); Alison Moyet's That Old Devil Called Love, Simple Minds Streetfighting Years, Rod Stewart's Downtown Train, George Michael's Kissing a Fool, Prefab Sprout's Hey Manhattan, Tina Turner and Barry White's Wildest Dream, Diana Ross' Christmas Album, Björk's It's Oh So Quiet, Goldie's Saturnz Returns. He was musical director for the ''All-Star Band'' assembled for the 1981 Amnesty International benefit show The Secret Policeman's Other Ball – an ensemble that included Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Donovan and Midge Ure. Altman is a highly accomplished jazz musician, lauded by respected critic Don Heckman in the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "one of the few film composers with authentic jazz skills." In the jazz world he has performed with Chet Baker, Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts, Red Holloway, Conte Candoli, Slim Gaillard, Barbara Morrison, Herb Geller, Wild Bill Davison, Bud Freeman, Les McCann, Percy Heath and many others. He conducted the Stan Tracey Big Band and the Durham Cathedral Choir for an album of Duke Ellington's Sacred Music. His jazz quartet CD ''You Started Something'' was released in January 2006 on the Bronze Jazz label, of which he is A&R Director, and was named 'Jazz CD Of The Month' in ''The Observer''. His previous CD (featuring his orchestra with jazz singer Joan Viskant) also received this accolade. The John Altman Big Band frequently performs in the US and UK. Personnel includes Wayne Bergeron, Andy Martin, Pete Christlieb, Grant Geissman, Gary Foster, Warren Luening, Peter Erskine, Alex Acuna, and Tom Ranier. Altman performed at the Vladivostok Summer Festival, the San Jose winter jazz series, the LA Jazz Festival, the Hollywood and Highland Summer Jazz Series in Los Angeles and the London Jazz Festival both with the big band, which garnered a standing ovation and rave reviews, and the Caribbean Jazz Cruise, on which he recently returned for a sixth successive year. He is also a Patron of the ''National Jazz Archive'' and was honoured by the Archive in July 2010. He recently recorded the big band for an album released in the New Year of 2015. Altman also undertook a well received big band tour of Australia, and a quintet tour of California. His latest jazz project is a quartet, Pearls of Wisdom, with Police guitarist Andy Summers which debuted in 2014. Altman is a frequent guest conductor for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and serves on the board of ASMAC, the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, and as a member of the governing Council of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). His latest record arrangements are for the Amnesty International 50th anniversary celebrations CD, Chimes of Freedom – one featuring Pete Seeger in his final recording, with banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, and the other a jazz track featuring Evan Rachel Wood with Patrice Rushen and Tom Scott. He was flattered to have been recommended for this prestigious gig by Sir George Martin. He also arranged the horn section for Mark Ronson's song Johanna featured in the movie Mortdecai performed by Miles Kane and several songs for the Michael Caine Gala at the Royal Albert Hall for Joss Stone, Quincy Jones, and the London Symphony Orchestra He recently contributed songs for a stage musical devised by Terence Frisby from his best selling book Kisses On A Postcard. He was also co-founder – and co-host for seven years – of the "10 Room" Monday night jam session in London which won Club Night of the Year awards – and featured guests such as:Pharrell Williams Lionel Richie, Macy Gray, Will Smith, Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Najee, Wycliff, Shaq O'Neill, Jah Rule, the Roots, The Neptunes, R. Kelly, Mario, Roy Ayers, Omar, Chaka Khan, Chris Tucker and the Backstreet Boys, as well as helping to launch the careers of Katie Melua, Gabriella Cilmi, and Amy Winehouse, who was a regular 10 Room habitué and performer. Two new venues in London have continued to host the weekly sessions with guests including Prince and the New Power Generation and Jessie J, and others are to be added worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Altman (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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