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http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/11/06/whitey

Good Luck.

Brilliant, talented man. Made his mark in music and electronics.

I think not. http://baltimorecomposersforum.com/members/harriet-katz Another take on his life from a Local 47 forum. http://www.responsible47.com/ FRED KATZ PASSES Jazz cellist and educator Fred Katz dies at 93 from the Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2013 Musician, composer and educator Fred Katz, the man who helped take the cello into jazz, died in Santa Monica over the weekend from complications from kidney failure and liver cancer. He was 94 years old. Born in New York City in 1919, Katz was considered a child prodigy on piano and cello. He studied under Pablo Casals and performed with the National Symphony in Washington. Drawn to jazz and improvisation, Katz plied his trade as a pianist backing Lena Horne and Tony Bennett before bridging the gap between classical training and improvisation on the vibrant L.A. jazz scene of the ’50s while part of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Katz also collaborated with Eric Dolphy and later Beat poet Ken Nordine on his “Word Jazz” series. Katz’s musical résume also includes scores for films by Roger Corman, including “Bucket of Blood” and “Little Shop of Horrors,” and his track record as an educator is nearly as impressive with a more than 30-year career as an instructor at California State Universities Northridge and Fullerton. He taught courses in cultural anthropology, shamanic magic and religion (the Doors’ John Densmore was one of his students) — all, by the way, without holding any formal degrees. Stricken with grief after the loss of his wife, two brothers and a daughter late in his career, Katz seldom performed in public after “retiring” in 1990. However, in a 2011 interview Katz said he was constantly writing music, including works inspired by the Kabbalah, “The Divine Comedy” and Chinese mysticism. “There’s nothing more wonderful than you’re sitting in a quiet room all by yourself thinking as hard as you can, ‘Where do I go from here?’” Katz said in 2011. “And nobody’s there! And sometimes the answer comes, and that’s the mystery: Where does the answer come from?” His music also earned another turn in the public eye after his landmark 1959 album, “Folk Songs for Far Out Folk,” was reissued by the Idelsohn Society in 2007. A richly orchestrated mix of Hebraic melodies with American and African folk music, the record and its corresponding show, “Jews on Vinyl,” spurred Katz to perform live at the Skirball Center in 2010, his first such appearance in 20 years. Katz continued to make sporadic appearances around Southern California in the last several years, performing in San Diego as recently as June as part of the klezmer summit “Jews on Jazz.” In a far-reaching 2011 conversation that covered Katz’s deep interests in spirituality, music and progressive politics, Katz was humbled, even amused, by any accolades thrown his way. “‘Art is long and life is short,’” Katz said, citing an old aphorism. “So that’s what I do, I do all of these things but without any feeling of accomplishing anything. I do it because I love it. “I have no interest whatsoever with fame - never did, never will,” he continued. “Because it’s all artificial to me. You do what you do and if people honor you for that or even pay you for that, fine, but you don’t do it for that. You do it because that’s what you do.”

I enjoyed the Chico Hamilton recordings I found on Crown Records when I was 13 or 14. Later I talked with his daughter a few times when we were students at Van Nuys High School. One of my High School music classes visited his Dept. of Ethnomusicology at UCLA. Apparently he later taught at the Anthropology Department at California State University, Northridge.

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John L, I don't see any problem if Hank Ballard was paid royalties for the use of the song.

"We used to read each other poems and limericks and tried to catch me on my vocabulary," she later said of Hitchcock. "He once said, `You seem very perspicacious today, Miss Black.' I said, `Oh, you mean "keenly perceptive?" `Yes.' So I got him this huge, gold-embossed dictionary that said `Diction-Harry,' at the end of the shoot."

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Google will give you just a little info. Yes he was a member of the Mastersounds. He lived in the 'Bay Area' in the 1960s but I never met him. Someone in that local at the time should be able to provide info.

Service to jazz: Pete Fountain Phil Woods Charlie Haden Buddy De Franco McCoy Tyner Gerald Wilson ...

Thanks, brownie. I did not know of him.

Thank you all.

Yes, that is listed by IMDB.

Thanks, brownie. How you know is still a mystery. Joe Mondragon story This is a true story about bassist Joe Mondragon. I heard it form Ian Carr the jazz trumpet player and journalist who died in February. Ian was know for his work with Brittish jazz rock group 'Nucleus' along side bassist/composer Graham Collier. Here's the story. Joe was a Red Indian (Apache, I think) and a great bassist but he was always talking about being the only real American in the band and how great the Indian peoples were to live off the land and in the wilderness. His pride started to get annoying for the other musicians around at the time. The story goes that just before a gig with drummer Shelly Manne Joe was about to smoke something (a joint probably). He came into the dressing room and asked if anyone had a light. Shelly immediately handed Joe his drumsticks! Brilliant, ultra-fast thinking.

and I don't mean Henry Fonda :-) BTW, with all the databases and blogs, is there a way to discover which musicians were hired on movie projects? What is the history of attempts to list the musicians in the credits?

Loved the Most brothers' music. Forcing myself not to comment on Steve's post.

I first heard Bert on James Zitro' ESP record. I bought it in 1966 because my friend Allan Praskin played on it. I took a lesson from Bert ~1974. He did not want to take any money but I pushed him to. After explaining that I took money for teaching he did accept the $20. We mostly discussed 'Miss Ann' as I remember. Sonny Simmons came by and always called Bert 'Wheels' :-)

http://www.bobthompsonmusic.com/lifestory.htm

RIP, Bert.

The English bandleader Johnny Keaton. Looks like it's been a hard days night.

Roll over Miles.

& Peggy Lee & John Wayne & and my good friend Bart Rozeboom :-)

Thank you, sidewinder. Just now noticed your post.

I've been perusing a British Jazz blog and have decided now's the time to investigate British jazz of the 1950-1960 period. It is a hole in my education. Would someone please inform me (see title)?