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The relatively small output of late big band-era composer and jazz arranger Robert Frederick Graettinger has been likened to the work of cutting-edge classical composers such as Charles Ives and Edgar Varèse. Born in Ontario, California, Graettinger studied at the Westlake School of Music in Los Angeles, and worked as an alto saxophonist and arranger in dance bands such as ...more


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