Marty Paich
Marty Paich was born in Oakland, California, United States on January 23rd, 1925 and is the Composer. At the age of 70, Marty Paich biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor.
He came to prominence on the West Coast Jazz scene of the 1950s as both a pianist and a composer.
Paich gradually stepped away from performing as a musician to work as a producer, composer and arranger. In a career spanning half a century, he worked in these capacities for Ray Charles, Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Rita Moss, Aretha Franklin, Stan Getz, Michael Jackson, Jack Jones, Stan Kenton, Art Pepper, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Sinatra, Spirit, Barbra Streisand, Mel Tormé, Johnny Rivers, and Sarah Vaughan.
His son, David, is a founding member of the band Toto.
Career
At an early age, a native of Oakland, California, Paich, learned accordion and piano. When he was ten years old, he was leading bands and appearing at weddings. He negotiated with Pete Rugolo at sixteen and wrote contracts with him. In World War II, he served with the US Air Corps. He earned a master's degree in composition from the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music at the University of Southern California. Julia Bal de Zuniga, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Arnold Schoenberg were among his teachers.
He wrote scripts for Chet Baker, Ray Brown, Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne, Dave Pell, Buddy Rich, Shorty Rogers, and Lady and the Tramp in the 1950s, in addition to being Peggy Lee's music director. On the album It's a Blue World, Tormé went from pop singer to jazz singer when he first appeared on the album. His ten piece band accompanied Tormé on the album Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette, which contained a version of the 1930s hit "Lulu's Back in Town." He arranged Art Pepper's album Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics.
He spent less time as an arranger for pop stars like Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Barbra St., Dinah Shore, and Jack Jones in the 1960s. He has also produced films, including Hey There, It's Yogi Bear. (1964) The Man Called Flintstone (1966), The Swinger (1966) and Changes (1969). He served as a producer and arranger in film and television in the 1970s, winning an Emmy award for the television drama Ironside. He arranged the orchestras for television variety shows such as The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, as well as the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.
He orchestrated and conducted scores for the films The Fugitive, Pretty Woman, and Prince of Tides.
Awards and honors
- Emmy, Best Song or Theme, Ironside, 1974