Marion Evans
Marion Evans (born June 1, 1926 in Goodwater ) is an American arranger , orchestra conductor and film composer .
Evans actually wanted to be an engineer, but instead studied at Auburn University and played the trumpet in the university band there. After military service, he went to the Conservatory of Birmingham, Alabama . In the late 1940s, Evans was one of the main arrangers of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, conducted by Tex Beneke . He also arranged for the orchestras of Tommy Dorsey , Vaughn Monroe , Percy Faith and Count Basie . From the 1950s he worked as an arranger and orchestra conductor a. a. with Lurlean Hunter , Judy Garland ,Helen O'Connell , Marcy Lutes , Eydie Gorme , Dick Haymes , Steve Lawrence , Diahann Carroll , Jaye P. Morgan , Jack Lemmon , Perry Como , Tony Bennett and for the studio bands of Urbie Green , Doc Severinsen and Ted McNabb . He received two Grammy nominations for the albums Blame It On the Bossa Nova (Eydie Gormé) and Go Away, Little Girl (Steve Lawrence) . As a film composer, he wrote music for a total of 17 TV series and as an orchestrator for eleven Broadway shows. After a career in the financial industry from the 1970s on, he later returned to the music business and worked with Dick Meldonian in 1987 , and finally with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga on the production of their duo albums Duets II (2011) and Cheek to Cheek (2014). In the field of jazz he was involved in 30 recording sessions between 1955 and 2014.
Web links
- Tribute to an Arranging Legend at Local 802 (2016)
- Marion Evans at Allmusic (English)
- Marion Evans at Discogs (English)
- Discography at 45cat
- Marion Evans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
literature
- Jürgen Wölfer : The great lexicon of entertainment music. Lexikon Imprint-Verlag, Berlin 2000, p. 163.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, Marion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American arranger, orchestra conductor and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goodwater |