David Amram

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David Amram (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, musician, conductor, and writer. As a classical composer and virtuoso performer, his integration of jazz (including being one of the first noted as an improvising jazz French hornist), ethnic and folk music has led him to work with the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Willie Nelson , Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus, Leonard Bernstein, James Galway, Tito Puente, Mary Lou Williams, Joseph Papp, Arthur Miller, Miles Davis, Arturo Sandoval, Stan Getz, Pete Seeger, Elia Kazan, Odetta, Dustin Hoffman, Steve Allen, Machito, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Allen Ginsberg, Nina Simone, Gregory Corso, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, Hunter Thompson, Johnny Depp and Jack Kerouac throughout the course of his career. Amram was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shortly before his seventh birthday, he and his family moved to a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, David Werner Amram, had been active in early American Zionist circles and had spent considerable time in what is now Israel. His father, Philip Werner Amram, introduced David to cantorial music and classical music. Amram's uncle loved jazz, introducing him to recordings of great jazz artists. At the age of seven, Amram began piano lessons. In 1948 he spent a year at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, but earned a bachelor's degree in European history from George Washington University in 1952. He also began composing music for t

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No More Walls

David Amram's Classic American Film Scores 1956-2016

Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree

Havana/New York

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Tribute to Steve Goodman

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The Beat Generation

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Occupy This Album

On the Waterfront: On Broadway (Original Broadway Soundtrack)

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Live at Caffe Lena: Music from America's Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013

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At Home / Around the World

The Manchurian Candidate (Original Soundtrack Theme)

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Crime Jazz - Music In The First Degree

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