Dick Romoff

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The Brick Fleagle rehearsal tape with Snuffy Arthur , Spud Murphy , Sandy Williams , Pee Wee Erwin and Rex Stewart in the New York Nola Studio, around February 1947. Dick Rimoff on bass is in the back, second from left. Photo by William P. Gottlieb

Dick Romoff (* around 1920) was an American musician ( double bass , electric bass ) who worked primarily as a studio musician in various musical fields such as jazz , entertainment and pop music .

Savakus was active as a session musician in New York in the late 1940s, a. a, at Brick Fleagle , then played in the sextet of arranger and film composer Stu Phillips , on whose jazz album A Touch of Modern ( MGM Records , 1956) he was involved. During this time he also belonged to the klezmer band The Happy People (album of the same name in 1958), in which Danny Rubenstein (clarinet), Harry Brown (trumpet), Sam Kutcher (trombone), Warner Shilkret (piano) and Marvin Kutcher (drums) played.

He often worked with Billy Butler , Carl Lynch and Russ Savakus on studio productions in the Brill Building and with Phil Spector in the 1960s, for example on recordings for the girl group The Chiffons (“One Fine Day”) . During this time he worked on productions of Cathy Jean and The Roomates ("At the Hop!"), The Eddie Thomas Singers, Blossom Dearie ( Sings Rootin 'Songs , 1963), The Spokesmen ( The Dawn of Correction ) and George Segal ( The Yama Yama Man , 1967). In the 1970s and 1980s he worked with Jerry Jerome , Neil Diamond , The Clancy Brothers , Frank Sinatra and was involved in the production of Yiddish children's songs ( 613 Torah Avenue: Songs for Chumash B'reishis , 1977).

In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 16 recording sessions between 1963 and 1979.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William P. Gottlieb: Portrait of Brick Fleagle, Dick Newman, Dick Romoff, Ralph Tressel, Gordon Heidrick, Herbie Bass, Harry Shockey, Frank Perry, Frank DeMartini, Fred Lambert, Pee Wee Erwin, Rex William Stewart, Wimpy Schmidt, Norm Conley about 1947
  2. ↑ Ken Emerson: Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era . New York, New York: Viking, 2005. ISBN 0-670-03456-8 . P. 190.
  3. ↑ Carl Lynch at Allmusic (English)
  4. ↑ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. edited by Luiz Carlos do Nascimento Silva. Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 2000, p. 504
  5. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Romoff, Dick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1920