George Stone

George Stone (born January 19, 1965) is an American musician and educator. He has composed or arranged over 100 works for instrumental ensembles, with the bulk of his material for jazz band. George has enjoyed jazz music since the age of 5 when he first heard Maynard Ferguson’s record called Newport Suite. By first grade he listened daily to recordings of groups such as the Four Freshmen, The Hi-Lo’s, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Bud Shank, Frank Rosolino, Howard Roberts, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, the Candoli brothers, Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond. He memorized the layers of each tune, from the melody to the bass line, to the accompaniment parts and horn parts. But a particular record called Mavis Meets Shorty created commotion in...