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One of the most adventurous arrangers of the 1990s and 2000s, Bob Belden took the music of <a href="spotify:artist:0OzxPXyowUEQ532c9AmHUR">Puccini</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5a2EaR3hamoenG9rDuVn8j">Prince</a>, and (with the most success) <a href="spotify:artist:0Ty63ceoRnnJKVEYP0VQpk">Sting</a>, and turned it into jazz. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1978, he was with <a href="spotify:artist:2KSxJY1WxGGVYSmoM0N54P">Woody Herman's Orchestra</a> for 18 months, worked with <a href="spotify:artist:3ZUZYvTkSr7kJQyAXVpqaL">Donald Byrd</a> off and on during 1981-1985, played with <a href="spotify:artist:6tWRPRLzfmckBpyR8g4Nnw">the Mel Lewis Orchestra</a>, and produced a couple of <a href="spotify:artist:4tIG3p7d799xi5qJbMddl8">Red Rodney</a> records. In 1983, Belden settled in New York as a writer for studio sessions. Influenced by <a href="spotify:artist:7g9DeYASD3RzlT4kDchsQZ">Gil Evans</a>, Belden debuted on Sunnyside with Treasure Island, before working on transforming non-jazz material into jazz. Belden also assisted with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Columbia+Records%22">Columbia Records</a>' <a href="spotify:artist:0kbYTNQb4Pb1rPbbaF0pT4">Miles Davis</a> reissue program. He played in a duet with trumpeter <a href="spotify:artist:6MACuJx69EQiikIyZsEbFr">Tim Hagans</a>, issuing a live album on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Blue+Note%22">Blue Note</a> in 2000 entitled Re-Animation Live! The 2001 release Black Dahlia showcased a 12-part orchestra paying tribute to the late Elizabeth Short, a celebrated Hollywood actress who was killed in 1947. Belden died in Manhattan after a heart attack in May 2015; he was 58 years old. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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