William Russo, better known as Bill Russo (June 25, 1928 – January 11, 2003) was an American jazz musician. He is considered one of the greatest jazz composers and arrangers. He wrote ground breaking orchestral scores for the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1950s, and later founded important jazz orchestras in London and Chicago. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

He was also well know as a trombonist and composition teacher. Among his famous pupils was the film composer John Barry A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... John Barry, OBE (born John Barry Prendergast on November 3, 1933 in York, England) is considered one of the Big Four of modern film composers (the others being John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Henry Mancini). ...

External links

• Obituary Bill Russo at the Jazz House