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Laurence Hobgood (born 1959) is a contemporary jazz piano virtuoso, composer, arranger, producer, lyricist and educator. Perhaps best known for his twenty-year collaboration with vocalist Kurt Elling, Hobgood has had a varied and dynamic career. In addition to his prowess at the piano he's identified by many as a key player in the imaginative updating of the "American Songbook", particularly in his arranging for vocalists; his stylized re-imagining of both classic songbook repertoire and more recent artists' work (Carole King; Earth, Wind & Fire; Paul Simon; Burt Bacharach; Sting; U2, etc.) has had a far-ranging influence within the jazz world and beyond. ==Early life== Born Dec. 23, 1959, in Salisbury, North Carolina, Laurence is the son of Burnet Mclean and Jane Bishop Hobgood. His father was the director of the small but thriving Theater Department at Catawba College. Soon the family moved to Ithaca, New York, where his father earned his Ph.D., then again to Dallas, Texas, in 1964 where Burnet served as Chairman of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Department of Theater for eleven years. In Dallas Hobgood attended Lakewood Elementary School and J.L. Long Junior High School. He also began piano study, beginning in SMU’s piano prep program, but moving quickly to private lessons with Kenneth Newsome, and then Dorothy Brin Crocker, a celebrated children’s piano teacher in the Southwest. His first forays into composing and improvising happened during this period; his emerging improvisational instinct was not always a welcome influence during his classical study. In 1975 the Hobgoods moved to Urbana, Illinois, where Burnet assumed the Chair of the Theater program at University of Illinois. During high school Hobgood studied jazz for the first time with Tony Caramia, a new professor in piano pedagogy but an accomplished jazz player. In the fall of 1978, after entering the University of Illinois Music Department, Hobgood returned to classical study with notable British pianist Ian Hobson. It was during his lessons with Hobson that Hobgood learned the technical system that cemented his approach and that he still practices today. Despite the profound impact made by teachers like Hobson, John Garvey, and Sal Martirano (composition), Hobgood chose to leave school after two and a half years and dedicate himself solely to jazz practice, both playing and composing/arranging. His remaining years in Champaign/Urbana were spent leading a trio and focusing on developing his playing and writing. In 1988 he moved to Chicago. After some time getting established in the jazz scene several key developments occurred almost simultaneously: he was invited to join the regular Monday night band (led by Ed Peterson) at the storied Green Mill Cocktail Lounge; he started playing with drummer Paul Wertico (which eventually led to the formation of Trio New with bassist Eric Hochberg); and he was invited to play in the resident jazz ensemble of the Aspen Music Festival (1990, ’91, ’92.) In 1993 he met a young, still unknown jazz singer named Kurt Elling. Hobgood served as Elling’s music director producing, playing on, and composing/arranging for Elling’s first ten records (six for Blue Note and four for Concord.) All ten were Grammy nominated and Hobgood also garnered two nominations for his arranging on "Flirting With Twilight" and "Dedicated To You" respectively. Hobgood received a 2009 Grammy award〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chicagojazz.com/magazine/kurt-elling-and-laurence-hobgood...in-their-own-words-587.html )〕 for his work as producer on "Dedicated To You". With both Elling and his own groups Hobgood has toured the globe and played at most of the world’s most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, London’s Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Halls, and festivals like Montreaux, Newport, and Spoleto. 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「Laurence Hobgood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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