Johnny Richards
Johnny Richards was one of the more progressive-minded arrangers of the 1950s and '60s, turning out big, heavily orchestrated scores with a sometimes unabashed use of dissonance and a good feel for Latin rhythms. His music has been called "provocatively colorful," though in the case of his notoriously portentous "Prologue" for the ego-tripping Stan Kenton, simply the word "provocative" says it all. Richards grew up in Schenectady, NY, learning piano, violin, banjo, and trumpet; his mother was a concert pianist who had studied with Paderewski. He started writing film scores, first in London in 1932-1933, and then in Hollywood for the remainder of the decade, as Victor Young's assistant at Paramount while studying composition with Arnold Schoenberg. From 1940 to 1945, he led a big band and then returned to Los Angeles to arrange for Charlie Barnet and Boyd Raeburn. He also arranged a string album for Dizzy Gillespie in 1950, along with recording dates with Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, and Sonny Stitt. His most famous association was with Kenton, with whom he started arranging in 1952; Kenton's album Cuban Fire! is an outstandingly flamboyant example of Richards' work. Richards continued to lead his own orchestras in 1956-1960 and 1964-1965, recording for Capitol, Coral, Roulette, and Bethlehem, and co-wrote one of Frank Sinatra's signature songs, "Young at Heart."
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Walk Softly / Run Wild
Johnny Richards, His Orchestra
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Masters Inc. em 01/08/2012
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Annotations Of The Muses (Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por RevOla em 21/07/2020
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The Rites of Diablo
Latin America - Lançado por Music Manager em 07/02/2022
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Masters Inc. em 15/03/2012
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Voodoo - Rare Ritual Sounds & Jazz Interpretations, Vol. 8
Johnny Richards, Richard Hayman and His Orchestra
Latin America - Lançado por Documents 2 em 11/08/2017
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Rites of Diablo
Jazz - Lançado por Supreme Media em 01/01/2013
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Rites Of Diablo
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 05/05/2008
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Rites of Diablo
Jazz - Lançado por Lumi Entertainment em 01/01/2013
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What Is There to Say / Estoy Cansado (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Hit Singles Records em 01/01/2021
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Young-At-Heart / Neolore (Remastered 2020)
Jazz - Lançado por Hit Singles Records em 19/08/2020
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Rites of Diablo
World - Lançado por SINETONE AMR em 14/01/2013
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