GARY MCFARLAND: WELCOME


Born: October 23, 1933, Los Angeles, CA. Died: November 2, 1971; New York, NY Bibliography \| Bio \| Discography \| Reviews \| Skye Recordings \| Latin Lounge Presented by Doug Payne with special thanks to Kristian St. Clair & Masahiro Doi.
July 21, 2008: Gary McFarland & Gabor Szabo's SKETCH FOR SUMMER featuring many of each performer's best pieces from the mid 1960s, including two never-before on CD 45 releases by Gary McFarland. March 13, 2008: Gary McFarland's score to the film EYE OF THE DEVIL finally issued for the first time in its entirety by Film Score Monthly, beautifully mastered from the original tapes and superbly annotated by film music scholars John Bender and Lukas Kendall! October 12, 2007: Gail McFarland-Benedict, Gary McFarland's wife (1963-71), wife of Michael Benedict and good friend to this site passed away on this date after a long battle with cancer.

GARY McFARLAND was one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz during the 1960s. He distinguished himself as a witty composer, vibrant arranger, communicative vibes player and, later, a premiere producer. This "adult prodigy," as critic Gene Lees called him, came to music rather late in life and was only recorded during an all-too brief decade. But		McFarland was an ingenious composer whose variety of musicalmoods revealed shades of complex emotional subtlety and clever childlike simplicity. This site is dedicated to Gary McFarland's jazz journey and musical legacy. READ Kristian St. Clair's interview with Wendy Flower of Wendy & Bonnie for GreenCine!