Irving Fields

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Irving Fields (2005)

Irving Fields (born August 4, 1915 in New York City , † August 20, 2016 there ) was an American pop and jazz pianist , composer , arranger and band leader .

Live and act

Fields played in 1948 under his own name several jazz tracks such as St. Louis Blues for Victor Records ; In 1958 further recordings were made for Atlantic and Atco ( I Can't Give You Anything But Love ). In the following years he made a name for himself mainly with easy-listening productions such as Bagels & Bongos ( Decca Records , 1959). In 2012 his autobiography The Pianos I Have Known: The Autobiography of Irving Fields was published , based on conversations with the Huffington Post author Tony Sachs. In 2015 Fields performed at the Nino's Tuscany restaurant . He died in Manhattan in August 2016 at the age of 101. His best-known compositions include Miami Beach Rhumba , Managua, Nicaragua and Chantez, Chantez , which were covered by Dinah Shore in the 1940s .

Discographic notes

  • Irving Fields Plays Irving Berlin (Tops Records, 1957)
  • ... At the St. Moritz with the Irving Fields Trio (Cocktail Dance Time) (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
  • More Bagels and Bongos (Decca, 1961)
  • Twisting! (Everest, 1961)
  • Bikinis and Bongos - Hawaiian Favorites with a Latin Beat (Decca, 1962)
  • Pizzas and Bongos (Decca, 1962)
  • My Yiddishe Mama's Favorites ( Tzadik ( Radical Jewish Culture Series), 2007), with Greg Cohen , Roberto Juan Rodriguez

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notification of death at the local 802 musicians' union
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 7, 2016)
  3. ↑ Hour Community ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ The Pianos I Have Known: The Autobiography Of Irving Fields at AbbaNibi.com ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abbanibi.com
  5. ↑ Huffington Post - Tony Sachs column archive
  6. ↑ website
  7. ^ Obituary in The New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Fields, Irving
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pop and jazz musician (piano, composition, arrangement)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 20th August 2016
Place of death New York City