Galt Macdermot

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Grammy and Tony-award winning composer, Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway score of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song, African Waltz, in 1960. His work spans the gamut of performing arts: musicals, ballet scores, film scores, chamber music, the Anglican liturgy, orchestral, poetry, drama accompaniments, band repertory and opera. Film scores include Rhinoceros, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mistress and HAIR. He draws inspiration from a wealth of musical styles, crossing the boundaries of jazz, folk, funk, gospel, reggae, and classical styles. He was born on December 18, 1928 in Montreal, the son of Elizabeth Savage and Terrence MacDermot, a Canadian diplomat. The elder MacDermot, a pianist, exposed his son to a variety of music at an early age. Through his father, young Galt heard opera and show music, classical pieces and swinging jazz, and he decided to pick up the recorder at age 5. By age 8 he had adopted the violin, but it wasn’t until he landed behind the piano at age 14 that he took a serious approach to music. Having heard Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons and the infectious boogie woogie sound emanating from the United States, MacDermot was hooked. He took school seriously - and landed a BA in History and English from Bishop University - but dedicated all of his spare time to music. His love for the great Duke Ellington grew and grew, and he became a self-described “jazz freak.

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  • martschmadness

    coffee cold is the poo poo

    5 Feb 6:44pm Reply
  • Rocadelic

    Ahead of his time

    28 Dec 2012 Reply
  • StraznikSadu

    president of the united states of love [2]

    24 Sep 2012 Reply
  • ummanturkoglu

    president of the united states of love

    12 Feb 2012 Reply
  • KakahDaschund

    "The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs." [3]

    5 Dec 2011 Reply
  • violet01

    extremely good :)

    25 Oct 2011 Reply
  • NoNaMe350

    Genius, a visionary and a great talent.

    24 Jul 2011 Reply
  • burlesque_queen

    HAIR <3

    24 Feb 2011 Reply
  • Larintha

    HAIR :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    13 Jan 2011 Reply
  • brocklumber

    Space!

    22 Jul 2010 Reply
  • RethaMilek

    Hair is the best movie I've ever seen. Easy to be hard is the most beautiful song. All in all I love it!

    6 Jul 2010 Reply
  • MJakubek

    Hair i space najlepsze ! :)

    28 Apr 2010 Reply
  • G13151420195

    v 100% agree.

    23 Apr 2010 Reply
  • Eldrianne

    @atsugi - it's impossible like that; following this way we should put on lastfm every lyric writer, or poet. And also we should give honour to perfomers of songs... It's unable to manage to keep absolute order in scrobbling, so just don't worry. ^^ Anyway, "Hair" is amazing...

    10 Apr 2010 Reply
  • AlkioneX

    I don't agree. Actually why don't we start scrobbling with artists who really sing those songs e.g. Treat Williams, Don Dacus or Dorsey Wright? If you want to be so pro try to scrobble with those guys I mentioned. Don't mess with this song-writers thing. Because all of this I think it's better to stay with Galt MacDermot.

    19 Jan 2010 Reply
  • Quispiam

    "The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs." [2]

    2 Jan 2010 Reply
  • atsugi

    The correct artist page for Hair is: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, MacDermot did the music but Ragni and Rado wrote the songs.

    24 Sep 2009 Reply
  • mikefloering

    so good

    17 Sep 2009 Reply
  • phunkyfeel1

    if it wasnt for hip-hop, not as many people would know about this cat. thats why we talk about it. i dig all of this dudes stuff though. real funky

    30 Jul 2009 Reply
  • frankiesblue

    YAY Hair won for Best Revival at the Tonys! Not bad considering when it originally opened it didn't win Best Musical :o)

    8 Jun 2009 Reply
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