{"id":11232,"date":"2022-01-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=11232"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:31:09","slug":"bob-erlendson-tribute-concert","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/project\/bob-erlendson-tribute-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Erlendson Tribute Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January 15, 2022<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASYLUMforART<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Derek Stoll <br>Jeremy Coates <br>Malcolm Page<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"ASYLUM for ART live - Bob Erlendson Tribute - January 15, 2021\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/666395560?h=7261bfb80d&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highly respected in jazz circles, Bob has played piano professionally for over 50 years!&nbsp; Best known for educating Lenny Breau in jazz theory, his original composition \u201cLullaby\u201d was published in&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cGuitar Player Magazine\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>1983.&nbsp; He was featured for the documentary&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cThe Genius of Lenny Breau\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;(1999) and was a consultant on the book&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cOne Long Tune: The Life and Music of Lenny Breau\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;published in 2006 by University of North Texas Press and written by Ron Forbes-Roberts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob studied jazz arranging with Gordon Delamont in Toronto from 1972-1976.&nbsp; Gordon\u2019s book \u201cModern Arranging Technique\u201d (1965) published by Kendor Music inc. New York, is well known and used in College\u2019s and University\u2019s across Canada.&nbsp; Gordon\u2019s health was declining from a heart condition and it was very difficult to get in for lessons with him, but Bob was sent to Gordon through a mutual friend and got bumped up to the head of the waiting list after their first meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several years of study, in 1976 Bob won the&nbsp;<em><strong>Eddie Karam Award<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;for best new arrangement by Gordon Delamont students in Toronto.&nbsp; It was during this time that he began focusing his arrangements on Octet charts.&nbsp; He has many of his compositions arranged for Octet and has released four CD\u2019s \u201cAll About Jazz\u201d&nbsp; \u2013 Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 and Volume 4 which feature these arrangements.&nbsp; His family has a recording and video of his last octet concert (2016), and hope to use them for a documentary of his life\u2019s story.&nbsp; A best of album is also in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob\u2019s compositions&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cLullaby\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cAin\u2019t Nobody\u2019s Business\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;were featured on Big Miller\u2019s album \u201cLive from Calgary\u201d released by Black Bear records in 1982.&nbsp; The composition&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cWhat\u2019s A Good Man to Do\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was recorded by Valerie Shearman in Toronto for use on her debut album in 2007.&nbsp; The co-written song&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cRick n\u2019 Bob\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was released on Rick Washbrook\u2019s album West Mystic in 2008 by dirty ice cream music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWinnipeg at Night\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was recorded in Toronto by George Koller and Julie Michels for their album \u201cBass and Voice\u201d released 2011.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cWinnipeg at Night\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;has been recorded by the Calgary Brass group the Foothills Brass and was released on their album \u201cBourbon Street To Broadway\u201d in 2004.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cWinnipeg at Night\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was recorded (with the Shirley Eikhard band) in 1998 for Bravo and has been broadcast internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob\u2019s album \u201cthe Erlendson Effect\u201d gets regular radio play on CBC and his special with Shirley Eikhard is still broadcast on television.&nbsp; He has influenced many jazz musicians during his career and has given away much of his time in educating anyone who would listen on how to fix our understanding of music theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since moving back to Calgary to be with family, Bob has been continuing to enthusiastically compose, and arrange songs for his Octet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performers Highly respected in jazz circles, Bob has played piano professionally for over 50 years!&nbsp; Best known for educating Lenny Breau in jazz theory, his original composition \u201cLullaby\u201d was published in&nbsp;\u201cGuitar Player Magazine\u201d&nbsp;1983.&nbsp; He was featured for the documentary&nbsp;\u201cThe Genius of Lenny Breau\u201d&nbsp;(1999) and was a consultant on the book&nbsp;\u201cOne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":11233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"portfolio":[57,71],"class_list":["post-11232","portfolio_item","type-portfolio_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-asylumforart-live","portfolio-nightlife"],"acf":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/11232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/11232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11236,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/11232\/revisions\/11236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asylumforart.ca\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio?post=11232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}