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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Don Ferrara</b> (* <a href="10._M%C3%A4rz" title="10. März">10. März</a> <a href="1928" title="1928">1928</a> in <a href="Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>; † <a href="18._Januar" title="18. Januar">18. Januar</a> <a href="2011" title="2011">2011</a><sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Jazztrompete" title="Jazztrompete">Jazztrompeter</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Ferrara begann mit zehn Jahren Trompete zu spielen. Seine Musikerkarriere begann in der Bigband von <a href="Jerry_Wald_(Bandleader)" title="Jerry Wald (Bandleader)">Jerry Wald</a>, er arbeitete dann bei <a href="Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> und <a href="Woody_Herman" title="Woody Herman">Woody Herman</a>, bevor er seinen Militärdienst ableistete. Dort spielte er in einer Armeeband und lernte <a href="Red_Mitchell" title="Red Mitchell">Red Mitchell</a> kennen. Er arbeitete dann mit <a href="Warne_Marsh" title="Warne Marsh">Warne Marsh</a> und <a href="Lennie_Tristano" title="Lennie Tristano">Lennie Tristano</a> (1947), bei dem er auch Unterricht hatte. Er fing anschließend an selbst zu unterrichten, spielte bei <a href="Georgie_Auld" title="Georgie Auld">Georgie Auld</a> und in der Probenband von <a href="Gene_Roland" title="Gene Roland">Gene Roland</a> mit <a href="Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a> (1950). Ab Anfang der 1950er Jahre wirkte er mit bei Aufnahmen von <a href="Chubby_Jackson" title="Chubby Jackson">Chubby Jackson</a>/<a href="Zoot_Sims" title="Zoot Sims">Zoot Sims</a> (<i>Sax Appeal</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), <a href="Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a>, <a href="Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a> und <a href="Urbie_Green" title="Urbie Green">Urbie Green</a> mit. 1955 wurde er Mitglied der Band von <a href="Lee_Konitz" title="Lee Konitz">Lee Konitz</a> mit <a href="Sal_Mosca" title="Sal Mosca">Sal Mosca</a>, zu deren Repertoire er auch Kompositionen beisteuerte. 1960–63 spielte er in der <a href="The_Gerry_Mulligan_Concert_Jazz_Band" title="The Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band">Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band</a>, u. a. als Solist zu hören in <a href="Johnny_Mandel" title="Johnny Mandel">Johnny Mandels</a> <i>Barbara's Theme</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-jack_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jack-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In den 1970er Jahren arbeitete er erneut mit Lee Konitz. Zuletzt lebte er in der Nähe von <a href="San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Gordon Jack stellte in seinem Buch <i>Fifties jazz talk: an oral retrospective</i> fest, dass Ferrara trotz seines legendären Rufes – Tristano habe über ihn gesagt, er hätte „absolutely everything“ – im Laufe seiner Karriere zu wenig Beachtung fand.<sup id="cite_ref-jack_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jack-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Chubby Jackson All Star Big Band</i> (1950)</li>
<li>Lester Young – <i>Live at Birdland 1953 & 1956</i> (<a href="ESP-Disk" title="ESP-Disk">ESP-Disk</a>)</li>
<li>Urbie Green And His Orchestra – <i>The Persuasive Trombone Of Urbie Green</i> (Command, 1960)</li>
<li>Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band – <i>At the <a href="Village_Vanguard" title="Village Vanguard">Village Vanguard</a></i> (1960)</li>
<li>The Concert Jazz Band – <i>Gerry Mulligan '63</i></li>
<li>Lee Konitz – <i>The Real Lee Konitz</i> (1971)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Don+Ferrara">Don Ferrara</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-obit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/63483-don-ferrara-1928-2011/">Nachruf</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-78-rpm-new-jazz-800-prestige-900-par-presentation-1300-new-jazz-1400-80-series/">Prestige Discography</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-jack-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-jack_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-jack_3-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.de/books?id=ULyTrWtqM-8C&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=don+ferrara+trumpet&source=bl&ots=jWy3V4Hmh7&sig=Y8IhYGlO7hBLBLqEFfqhUvDaFWI&hl=en&ei=51fnTruwJsaCOojBgcMK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&sqi=2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=don%20ferrara%20trumpet&f=false">Gordon Jack: <i>Fifties jazz talk: an oral retrospective</i></a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warnemarsh.info/news.htm">Hinweis bei Warne Marsh Info</a></span>
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