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Hal Crook

Hal Crook is an American jazz trombonist, professor, and author. He has a degree from Berklee College of Music, where he taught for 30 years. Crook has played on over 40 recordings and composed music for television and various jazz artists. He is renowned for his technical skill and innovative improvisational style, drawing from various intervals, motives, and scales. Crook has authored several textbooks on jazz improvisation and recently finished his first novel. Though retired from Berklee, he continues teaching privately and performing.

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Hal Crook

Hal Crook is an American jazz trombonist, professor, and author. He has a degree from Berklee College of Music, where he taught for 30 years. Crook has played on over 40 recordings and composed music for television and various jazz artists. He is renowned for his technical skill and innovative improvisational style, drawing from various intervals, motives, and scales. Crook has authored several textbooks on jazz improvisation and recently finished his first novel. Though retired from Berklee, he continues teaching privately and performing.

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Hal Crook

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Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz trombonist. He
has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading
teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation.

Hal was a Professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, and has played on
over 40 recordings. Some of his notable students include Esperanza Spaulding, Leo
Genovese, Antonio Sanchez, Lionel Loueke, and Chris Cheek. Hal's composing and
arranging credits include music for the NBC "Tonight Show" Band, WDR Radio Band
(Cologne), Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Herb Pomeroy, Louis Bellson, Artie Shaw, Duke
Belaire, Dick Johnson, Nick Brignola, the New England Emmy Awards, and the San
Diego Pops.

"Following the course of Hal Crook's improvisations is a fascinating peek into an


exceptional improvisational mind, not to mention an amazing trombonist. His playing
is filled with technical marvels, but clearly not just for show. He works with
modern techniques of building improvisations on various intervals, the development
of motives, the use of pentatonic scales, and working in the outer reaches of
harmony. His speed, range, fluency, sound and remarkable technique put him at the
top echelon of players." Jazz 'Bones (Kurt Dietrich, Author)

He is the author of seven textbooks on jazz improvisation, and has just finished
his first novel, a psychological thriller.

Though retired from Berklee, he continues to teach privately. [1]

Discography
Hello Heaven (1982)
Only Human (1993)
Quartet Narayani - with Joe Diorio (Ram 1994)
Hero Worship (1997)
Um: Stray Dog (2001)
Creatures of Habit with Leo Genovese, Take Toriyama, Thompson Kneeland
Narayani with Joe Diorio, Steve LaSpina, Steve Bagby
Conjunction with Jerry Bergonzi
Trio I with Dave Weigert, Yorai Oron
Trio II with Dave Weigert, Hans Glawischnig
Trio III with Dave Weigert, Hans Glawschnig
Hello Heaven with Phil Woods, Bill Dobbins, Chuck Israels, Bill Goodwin
Creative Comping for Improvisation, Vol. I, II, III

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