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Documentary: 'This Is Gary McFarland'

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Marc Myers
Dec 12, 2022
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Vibraphonist Gary McFarland was one of the most fascinating and freshest arranger-composers of the 1960s. Between 1961 and 1971, he recorded more than 30 albums, ranging from Anita O'Day's All the Sad Young Men and The Gary McFarland Orchestra: Special Guest Soloist—Bill Evans to Soft Samba, The October Suite, with Steve Kuhn, and America the Beautiful,…

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