In the collection
5 records
Lumpy Gravy
Francis Vincent Zappa Conducts The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, 1968
Grease (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
Various, 1978
Unforgettable With Love
Natalie Cole, 1991
The Music Of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection
Various, 2010
Seven (Complete Original Score)
Howard Shore, 2016
Played with
Dennis Budimir
4 records together
Larry Bunker
4 records together
Sidney Sharp
3 records together
Arnold Belnick
3 records together
James Getzoff
3 records together
Gene Cipriano
3 records together
John Thomas Johnson
3 records together
Sheridon Stokes
3 records together
Gayle Levant
3 records together
Chuck Berghofer
2 records together
Frank Capp
2 records together
Art Maebe
2 records together
About
American pianist and composer (born December 10, 1941 in Los Angeles; died August 5, 2022 in Los Angeles). Son of film producer .
He received a Bachelor of Music at the University of Michigan in 1963. In addition, he has studied under Leonard Stein (piano) and George Tremblay (composition). In Los Angeles, he studied with Pearl Kaufman and Lalo Schifrin, and commenced a freelance recording career in records, motion pictures and television. He is conversant with every possible music idiom and form, including jazz, classical, pop and R&B and has played with a great amount of artists including Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Vince Gill, Milt Jackson, Lee Konitz, Diana Krall, John Lennon, *NSYNC, Arturo Sandoval, Barbra Streisand and Frank Zappa - to mention a few.
He has recorded more than 2000 scores, working with virtually every film composer including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Hans Zimmer. He has premiered jazz piano concerts written especially for him by Byron Olson and Brad Dechter.
He has written songs for jazz notables including Stan Getz, Fourplay, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Herb Alpert, and others.