[Dixielandjazz] R.I.P. Russ Garcia

[Robert Ringwald]

Russ Garcia passed away yesterday. It's a bit early for obituaries, but the following
is from Wikipedia:
Russell Garcia (12 April 1916 - 19 November 2011) was a composer and arranger who
wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast. Garcia passed away
on November 19, 2011.
Garcia was born in Oakland, California, but was a long time resident of New Zealand.
Self-taught, his break came when he substituted for an ill colleague on a radio show.
Subsequently, he went on to become composer/arranger at NBC Studios (for such shows
as Rawhide and Laredo), MGM and Universal Studios and later films like the George
Pal, MGM films, The Time Machine and Atlantis, the Lost Continent, as well as his
orchestrated themes for Father Goose and The Benny Goodman Story. He collaborated
with many musical and Hollywood stars - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day,
Mel Torme, Julie London, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Walt Disney,
Orson Welles, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Andy Williams, Judy Garland, Henry Mancini,
and Charlie Chaplin doing arrangements and conducting orchestras as needed.


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