Bob Florence
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Bob Florence (May 20, 1932 – May 15, 2008) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Career
Florence, a child prodigy, started piano lessons before he was five years old, and he performed his first recital at seven years old. Despite the fact that his early childhood was spent in classical music, he was attracted to jazz and big band. With Bob McDonald, he went to Los Angeles City College and learned arranging and orchestration. He and his classmates, Herb Geller and Tommy Tedesco, were among the college's most popular bands, and his classmates included Herb Geller and Tommy Tedesco.
Florence spent the bulk of his career with big bands, as a leader, performer, composer, and arranger. He was a member of bands led by Les Brown, Louis Bellson, and Harry James after graduating from college. Si Zentner's arrangement of "Up A) Lazy River" was a hit in 1960 and received a Grammy Award. Dave Pell was recruited by Liberty Records to work full-time as an arranger. With Sérgio Mendes, jazz with Bud Shank, and pop vocal with Vic Dana, the writer had the opportunity to write in many genres: managera nova with Sérgio Mendes, jazz with Bud Shank. In 1961, Bob was the piano player on Bobby Vee's #1 hit "Take Good Care Of My Baby."
He appeared on television as a bandleader, composer, and arranger for TV variety shows hosted by Dean Martin, Red Skelton, and Andy Williams, and Andy Williams, and he arranged the Tonight Showband led by Doc Severinsen. Linda Lavin (1981) received an Emmy Award for a program and another for a Julie Andrews concert (1990).
In 1979, he resumed a recording career that had been interrupted by other commitments. Pet Project (World Pacific, 1967) from Live at Concerts By the Sea (Trend, 1979). Magic Time (1984) was the first to be credited to his eighteen-piece big band, the Bob Florence Limited Edition. The band appeared on cassettes in the 1980s and 1990s. Serendipity 18 received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Large Ensemble in 2000. During his career, he received fifteen Grammy nominations.
Florence died of pneumonia at the age of 75 in Los Angeles on May 15, 2008.