Emmanuel Klein (February 4, 1908 – May 31, 1994) was an American jazz

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most associated with swing.

Career

Born in

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, Klein began recording with The Ambassadors for Vocalion in 1924, worked with

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in 1928 and was active throughout the 1930s as a studio musician and playing with

Jimmy Dorsey James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards " I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary Peopl ...

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombone, trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-to ...

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing bi ...

, the

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and others. In 1937, he moved to California and worked with Frank Trumbauer's orchestra. In 1939 he declined an offer from Fritz Reiner to join the Pittsburgh Symphony. In early 1940 he appeared on

Artie Shaw Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led ...

recordings. He worked on soundtracks and played trumpet for the film ''

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'' (1953) but was uncredited. He worked with musicians associated with

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in the 1950s. Klein voiced-over Ziggy Elman's trumpet parts on the soundtrack of the movie '' The Gene Krupa Story''. Klein studied with Max Schlossberg of the

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. Although he did not play first trumpet, he was a member of the

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under

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. In 1953, he appeared on the

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album Concerto In C Minor For Piano by

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and ''The Four Temperaments'' by

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with Victor Aller and Felix Slatkin. During the early 1960s, Mannie Klein appeared on several

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recordings. He played

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's hit version of the

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to the film ''

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'' (1966).Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 66. In the 1970's, Klein toured and recorded as a freelance jazz musician, notably in Holland with the Ted Easton Jazzband and American trombone veteran Spiegle Willcox and tenorist Bert Noah.

Death

Klein died at the age of 86 in Los Angeles, California, on May 31, 1994.

Partial discography

As leader

* ''The Sound of Music'' (Imperial, 1959) - the Mannie Klein Sextet With

Sammy Davis Jr Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which tou ...

*''

It's All Over but the Swingin' ''It's All Over but the Swingin'' is a 1957 album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Jack Pleis and Morty Stevens. Track listing # "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:43 # " But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira ...

'' (Decca, 1957) With

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*'' Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!'' (Capitol, 1964) With Pete Rugolo *'' Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars'' (Mercury, 1961) With the Vince Guaraldi Sextet *'' It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack'' (Concord, 1966)

Partial filmography

*''

'' (1953) - Trumpet Player (uncredited) *'' A Symposium on Popular Songs'' (1962, Short) - Musician-Trumpet (final film role)

References

* Allen P. Britton, Michael Meckna: ''Twentieth-century brass soloists''. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, 1994. * Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppi: ''The Blue Note label. A discography''. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2001. * Colin Larkin: ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Third edition. Macmillan, New York, N.Y. 1998.

External links

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