Buddy Bregman

Buddy Bregman (2006)

Buddy Bregman (born July 9, 1930 in Chicago - † January 8, 2017 in Los Angeles ) was an American television director, producer, composer and band leader who also worked with swing and West Coast jazz musicians.

Life

Bregman was studying at UCLA and at the time he wrote I Need Your Lovin with songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller , which would become his first hit. From the mid-1950s he then worked in the Hollywood studios for Norman Granz 'new label Verve Records as artistic director. There he accompanied and arranged for show stars such as Bing Crosby (Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings) , Judy Garland , Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra , but also recorded some big band albums under his own name for Verve Records. He also participated with his orchestra on the 1956 Verve productions of the Great American Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald ( Sings the Cole Porter Songbook and Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook ) and Anita O'Day (Pick Up Yourself) . He also produced film scores for The Pajama Game , Crime in the Streets , and Secret of the Purple Reef .

Well-known West Coast jazz musicians such as Milt Bernhart , Pete and Conte Candoli , Bob Cooper , Harry "Sweets" Edison , Maynard Ferguson , Herb Geller , Jimmy Giuffre , Barney Kessel , Stan Levey , Joe Mondragon and Frank played in his orchestra Rosolino , Bud Shank and Alvin Stoller . On his best-known album of that time, Swinging Kicks, from 1956, André Previn , Ben Webster and Stan Getz also took part as guest soloists . In 1963 he worked on the production of Carmen McRae's Something Wonderful album .

After working for Verve, Bregman worked as a producer for the BBC , and from 1965 as entertainment director of the private ITV - Rediffusion London . Bregman then wrote the musical Jump Jim Crow for the Royal Shakespeare Company , and later worked for independent television and film production companies and produced films with Olivia Newton-John . After returning to the United States, Bregman worked as a television producer and director.

Bregmans was married to Suzanne Lloyd from 1961 to 1988. His daughter is the actress Tracey Bregman .

Web links

Commons : Buddy Bregman - collection of images, videos and audio files

Buddy Bregman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz . Penguin , London, 6th edition, 2002, ISBN 978-0-14-104831-4
Web presence

Individual evidence

↑ Mike Barnes: Buddy Bregman, Famed Arranger, Composer and Producer, Dies at 86 . The Hollywood Reporter , January 9, 2017, accessed January 10, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Bregman, buddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American television director, producer, composer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 2017
Place of death	los Angeles

[1] Mike Barnes: Buddy Bregman, Famed Arranger, Composer and Producer, Dies at 86 . The Hollywood Reporter , January 9, 2017, accessed January 10, 2017.