Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, Art Pepper, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Ray Charles and Mel Tormé. His long association with Tormé included one of the singer's earliest albums, '' Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette''. Over the next three decades he worked with pop singers such as Andy Williams and Jack Jones and for film and television. He is the father of
David Paich
David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...
A native of Oakland, California, Paich learned accordion and piano at an early age. In the 1930s, when he was ten years old, he was leading bands and performing at weddings. At sixteen, he wrote arrangements with Pete Rugolo. He served with the U.S. Air Corps in World War II. He attended the University of Southern California and received a master's degree in composition from the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Among his teachers were Julia Bal de Zuniga,
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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, and
Arnold Schoenberg
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.
In the 1950s, in addition to working as music director for
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
, he wrote arrangements for
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, ...
Lady and the Tramp
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''. He began recording with
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for " The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an ...
in 1955 on the album ''It's a Blue World'' when Tormé was moving from pop singer to jazz singer. During the next year, his ten piece band accompanied Tormé on the album '' Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette'', which contained a version of the 1930s song " Lulu's Back in Town". He wrote arrangements for
Art Pepper
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Dean Martin
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,
Barbra Streisand
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,
Andy Williams
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,
Dinah Shore
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, and
Jack Jones Jack Jones may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
*Jack Jones (American singer) (born 1938), American jazz and pop singer
*Jack Jones, stage name of Australian singer Irwin Thomas (born 1971)
*Jack Jones (Welsh musician) (born 1992), Welsh mu ...
The Swinger
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Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as ...
'' (1966) and ''
Changes
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* ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel
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'' (1969). In the 1970s, he worked as a composer and arranger in film and television, winning an Emmy award for the television drama '' Ironside''. He led the studio orchestras for television variety programs such as '' The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour'' and ''
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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The series was a major success, especially considering it was sc ...
'' and replaced
Nelson Riddle
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in ''
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
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''.
He orchestrated and conducted scores for the films '' The Fugitive'', ''
Pretty Woman
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Paich died of colon cancer at the age of 70 on August 12, 1995 in Santa Ynez, California.
Awards and honors
* Emmy, Best Song or Theme, ''Ironside'', 1974
Discography
As leader
* ''Hot Piano'' (Tampa, 1956)
* ''Marty Paich Quartet'' (Tampa, 1956)
* ''Marty Paich Trio'' (Mode, 1957)
* ''The Broadway Bit'' ( Warner Bros., 1959)
* ''I Get a Boot Out of You'' (Warner Bros., 1959)
* ''Present Robert Merrill's Music from the Broadway Production Take Me Along'' (
RCA Victor
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, 1960)
* ''Lush, Latin & Cool'' (RCA Victor, 1961)
* ''The Rock Jazz Incident'' (
Reprise
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, 1966)
* ''What's New'' (
Discovery
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* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
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* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
With Dave Pell
* ''A Pell of a Time'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
* ''Swingin' in the Ol' Corral'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
* ''The Big Small Bands'' ( Capitol, 1960)
* ''Way Better'' (Capitol, 1961)
With
Johnny Rivers
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* ''Realization'' (
Imperial
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Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
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* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
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...
Soul City
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/Big Tree, 1977)
With
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for " The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an ...
* ''It's a Blue World'' (
Bethlehem
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, 1955)
* ''Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ''Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* ''Songs for Any Taste'' (Bethlehem, 1959)
* ''Tormé'' ( Verve, 1959)
* ''Back in Town'' (Verve, 1960)
* ''Swings Shubert Alley'' (Verve, 1960)
* ''Songs of Love'' (Hurrah, 1962)
* ''Reunion'' (
Concord Jazz
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, 1988)
* ''In Concert Tokyo'' (Concord 1989)
* ''I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart'' (Giants of Jazz, 1999)
* ''The Art Pepper Marty Paich Sessions'' (Lone Hill, 2007)
With others
* Laurie Allyn, ''Paradise'' (Mode, 2004)
*
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
, ''Patti Austin'' (
Qwest
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, 1984)
*
Jesse Belvin
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, ''Mr. Easy'' (RCA 1960)
* Stephen Bishop, ''Bish'' ( ABC 1978)
* Joe Bushkin, ''Night Sounds San Francisco'' (
Decca Decca may refer to:
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* Decca Records or Decca Music Group, a record label
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* Decca Broadway, a musical theater record label
* Decca Studios, a recording facility in We ...
, 1966)
*
Ray Charles
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Hank Crawford
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Atlantic
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, 1963)
*
Neil Diamond
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Bob Enevoldsen
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Career
Enevoldsen recorded did sessions with Art ...
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
, 1956)
* Don Fagerquist, ''Music to Fill a Void Eight by Eight'' (Mode, 1957)
* Jerry Fielding, ''Swingin' in Hi-Fi'' (Decca, 1956)
* Herbie Fields, ''Blow Hot Blow Cool'' (Decca, 1955)
*
Ella Fitzgerald
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, '' Ella Swings Lightly'' (Verve, 1958)
* Ella Fitzgerald, '' Whisper Not'' (Verve, 1966)
* Russell Garcia, ''Four Horns and a Lush Life'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* Russell Garcia, ''Russel Garcia and His Four Trombone Band'' (Fresh Sound, 2005)
*
Herb Geller
Herbert Arnold Geller (November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Early life
His mother, Frances ''(née'' Frances Mildred Fullman, al ...
, Milt Bernhart, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, ''Jazz Studio 2 from Hollywood'' (Decca, 1954)
*
Jimmy Giuffre
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, Bob Cooper, Harry Klee, Bob Enevoldsen, ''Tenors West'' ( GNP, 1956)
* Herbie Harper, ''Herbie Harper Sextet!'' (Mode, 1957)
* The Hi-Lo's, ''And All That Jazz'' (
Columbia
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, 1958)
*
Al Hirt
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, ''Trumpet and Strings'' (RCA Victor, 1964)
*
Lena Horne
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, ''Lena Sings Your Requests'' (CRC, 1963)
*
Mahalia Jackson
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, ''Christmas with Mahalia'' (Columbia)
*
Elton John
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Jack Jones Jack Jones may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
*Jack Jones (American singer) (born 1938), American jazz and pop singer
*Jack Jones, stage name of Australian singer Irwin Thomas (born 1971)
*Jack Jones (Welsh musician) (born 1992), Welsh mu ...
, ''I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do!'' ( Kapp, 1962)
*
Anita Kerr
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, ''Mellow Moods of Love'' (RCA)
*
Ronnie Lang
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, ''Modern Jazz'' (Tops, 1957)
*
Mel Lewis
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Biography
Early years
Lewis was ...
Contemporary
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, 1956)
*
Randy Meisner
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, ''Randy Meisner'' (
Asylum
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* Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea
...
, 1978)
*
Ann-Margret
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She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' ...
, ''Songs from the Swinger and Other Swingin' Songs'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
*
Audrey Morris
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Biography
Morris was born on November 12, 1928, in Chicago. Morris grew up on the South Side of Chicago and had classical ...
, ''The Voice of Audrey Morris'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
*
Anita O'Day
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, ''Anita O'Day Sings the Winners'' (Verve, 1958)
*
Art Pepper
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, ''Chile Pepper'' (Charlie Parker)
*
Lucy Ann Polk
Lucy Ann Polk (May 16, 1927 – October 10, 2011) was an American jazz singer who performed with Les Brown's orchestra in the 1950s.
She also sang and recorded with Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey, and Dave Pell.
Career
Polk began her mus ...
, ''Lucky Lucy Ann'' (Mode, 1957)
* Johnny Richards, ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956)
* Howard Roberts, ''Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar'' (Verve, 1957)
* Shorty Rogers, ''
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
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''
Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
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Jack Sheldon
Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019), known professionally as Jack Sheldon, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed on '' The Merv Griffin Show'' and participated in episodes of the educational musi ...
, ''A Jazz Profile of Ray Charles'' (Reprise, 1961)
*
Eddie Shu
Eddie Shu ''(ne'' Edward Shulman; 18 March 1918 New York City — 4 July 1986) was an American jazz musician who played saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, and accordion. He was also a comedic ventriloquist.
Career
Shu learned violin and ...
, ''Jazz Practitioners'' (Bethlehem, 1957)
*
Sarah Vaughan
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Nicknamed "Sassy" and " The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Award ...
, ''Songs of the Beatles'' (Atlantic, 1981)
* Sarah Vaughan, '' Gershwin Live!'' (Columbia, 1982)
*
Leon Ware
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, ''Leon Ware'' (Elektra, 1982)
*
Fran Warren
Frances Wolff (March 4, 1926 – March 4, 2013), known professionally as Fran Warren, was an American singer.Stu Williamson,
Jack Sheldon
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