George Russell

Person · Open Library

Works

37

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1685-02-23

Active to

1759-04-14

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

26,100

Total plays

205,304

George Russell (born 1923 in Cincinnati, died in Boston in 2009, at age 86) was a jazz composer, theorist, conductor, and drummer who was the primary force behind the creation of modal jazz. Russell was a drummer in Benny Carter's band in the early 1940s; he was replaced by Max Roach and, after hearing Roach play, decided to give up drumming. He moved to New York, and was one of a group of musicians who met in the apartment of Gil Evans (these included Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach,

via Last.fm · George Russell

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

   · 2007 · cited 79,952x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 48,640x

3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

   · 2015 · cited 40,912x

4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

   · 2015 · cited 27,669x

5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

   · 1961 · cited 23,205x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

• “Far up the dim twilight fluttered Moth-wings of vapour and flame: The lights danced over the mountains, Star after star they came. The lights grew thicker unheeded, For silent and still were we;Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.”
• “A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put out of the way; and I can imagine that believer in material power murmuring as he went homeward, "it will all blow over now." Yes. The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.”
• “In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world’s great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made. In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.”
• “Let thy young wanderer dream on:Call him not home.A door opens, a breath a voiceFrom the ancient room,Speaks to him now. Be it dark or brightHe is knit with his doom.”
• “We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.”
• “Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA