Fred Katz
Frederick Katz ( February 25, 1919 in Brooklyn , NY - September 7, 2013 ) was an American cultural anthropologist, composer, and cellist , best known in the context of jazz .
Live and act
Katz, who came from a Jewish family of musicians, was 13 years old his first concert in the Town Hall of New York City . He completed masterclasses with Pablo Casals, among others, and then worked as solo cellist in the National Symphony Orchestra of the USA until 1941 . After his military service, some of which he spent in Germany, he worked as a piano accompanist a. a. for Lena Horne . On the west coast he began his collaboration with the jazz musician Chico Hamilton in 1955 , with whom he released various records, including some under his own name.
Katz was active in Hamilton's quintet until 1959, using the cello both bowed and pizzicato . His performances earned him the reputation of being one of the first jazz cellists. With Hamilton, Katz composed part of the music for " Your fate in my hand " (1957). He then wrote other film scores (for example for the Roger Corman films “ The Wasp Woman ” and “ Little Shop Full of Horrors ”), composed a cello concerto (1961) and sacred music . He also worked as a studio musician and as a music teacher as well as an arranger , u. a. for Paul Horn , Eric Dolphy and Milt Bernhart . He also recorded solo albums and worked as a music producer for Decca Records . His cello can also be heard in Bob Dylan's music for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid .
He then accepted a professorship for cultural anthropology at California State University, Fullerton , where he dealt in particular with ethnic music . In 1989 he took part in a revival of the classic Chico Hamilton Quintet (CD "Reunion").
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: T Is for Tumbleweed (short film)
- 1960: The Little Shop of Horrors
- 1971: Small killer (Little Murders)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Fred Katz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Feature in Strings Magazine (2013)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in New York Times
- ^ Coda Magazine - Google Boeken . Books.google.com. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katz, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katz, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cellist, composer and ethnomusicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2013 |