alocispepraluger102 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/alocispepraluger/aloc102a/aloc102%20d/mailedD1.jpg"]mike melvoin passes Mike Melvoin dies at 74; studio musician, composer A distinguished pianist and composer, Mike Melvoin was a former head of the Recording Academy and worked with Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and the Beach Boys. By Don Heckman, Special to the Los Angeles Times February 24, 2012 Mike Melvoin, a pianist/composer/arranger whose credits reach from Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and the Beach Boys, and who was the first active musician to serve as national president of the Recording Academy, has died. He was 74. A first-call pianist and keyboardist since the early 1960s, Melvoin died Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, said his daughter Wendy. He had cancer. In addition to his studio work, Melvoin remained strongly linked to jazz, his first musical love, performing on a regular basis in local clubs, frequently touring internationally and releasing numerous recordings of his own groups. Quote
Free For All Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 My first thought of him is as the pianist on the Rosolino Jazz Scene USA video. Great player. RIP. Quote
Spontooneous Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 A lovely player and a lovely person. Very clever with words as well as with music. I'll miss him. Quote
sidewinder Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 My first thought of him is as the pianist on the Rosolino Jazz Scene USA video. Great player. RIP. Indeed, that was my first thought too. Very sad to hear this, RIP. Quote
ValerieB Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 an enormous loss to our Los Angeles jazz community. he was a very special man as everyone who knew him realized immediately. we are very sad. Quote
jazztrain Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 I also remember liking a more recent album he did ("It's Always You") that had Phil Woods as a sideman. Nice player. My first thought of him is as the pianist on the Rosolino Jazz Scene USA video. Great player. RIP. Quote
king ubu Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 r.i.p. obit: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mike-melvoin-20120224,0,2738819.story Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 25, 2012 Report Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) that sucks, i like his stuff on world pacific. his childern also are/were in the industry, RIP no wait, they were on Liberty. im thinking of two of his early albums, maybe mid 60s Edited February 25, 2012 by chewy Quote
Spontooneous Posted February 26, 2012 Report Posted February 26, 2012 Mike's tune "La Luna Negra" ought to be a standard. Quote
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