Phil Bodner
Philip "Phil" L. Bodner (born June 13, 1917 in Waterbury (Connecticut) , † February 24, 2008 in New York City ) was an American musician ( clarinet , other woodwind instruments , songwriter and composer ) in the field of jazz and popular music .
Act
Bodner was mainly active as a studio musician from the 1950s to the 1980s; he was u. a. involved in recordings by Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald , Mel Tormé , Dick Hyman , Doc Severinsen , Urbie Green , Mundell Lowe , Gil Evans ( New Bottle, Old Wine 1958), Miles Davis ( Porgy and Bess , 1958), Billie Holiday ( Lady in Satin ), with Oliver Nelson ( More Blues and the Abstract Truth , 1961), Wes Montgomery , JJ Johnson , Milt Jackson , Don Lamond (1962), Bill Evans / Claus Ogerman ( Symbiosis , 1964), George Benson ( White Rabbit ) and Eumir Deodato ( Prelude , 1972).
As an orchestra conductor, composer and arranger, he recorded Pop and Easy Listening with the studio band The Brass Ring , based on the style of Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass . The band also included saxophonist Stan Webb and guitarist Tony Mottola . Bodner initially recorded for the ABC sub-label Dunhill before moving to RCA Victor / Camden. The band had a number 1 hit in 1965 with Love Theme from 'The Flight of The Phoenix' from the movie Der Flug des Phoenix . The band then had another hit with The Dis-Advantages of You , which became known in the USA in the late 1960s through TV advertising for Benson & Hedges . Other successful titles from The Brass Ring were Al-Di-La, Samba de Orfeu, and the title song from For Love of Ivy (1968) , written by Quincy Jones . After the formation was broken up in the early 1970s, Bodner continued to work as a studio musician. In the early 1980s he recorded under his own name and played in jazz clubs with George Duvivier and Mel Lewis and again with Mel Tormé. He was involved in 364 recording sessions between 1941 and 1996, in his later years a. a. also with Joe Bushkin , Barbara Carroll , Maxine Sullivan and on Gunther Schuller's epitaph recording (1990).
Discographic notes
- The Brass Ring: Love Theme from The Flight of the Phoenix (Dunhill, 1966)
- The Brass Ring: Sunday Night at the Movies (Dunhill, 1968)
- Phil Bodner / Phil Ramone : Now Sound of the Brass Ring (RCA, 1968)
- The Brass Ring Featuring Phil Bodner (1970)
- Fine and Dandy (Stash, 1981), with Marty Napoleon , Rick Laird , Butch Miles , Tony Monte , George Duvivier, Mel Lewis, Don Elliott
- Jammin 'at Phil's Place (1990), with Derek Smith , Milt Hinton , Bob Rosengarden
- Once More with Feeling (ed. 2007), with Hank Jones , Butch Miles, Gene Bertoncini , Jamie Colpitts , Dave Young, Charlie Gougen, Milt Hinton, Dick Hyman, Ron Traxler, Joe Wilder , Al Caiola , Ron Odrich
Web links
- Phil Bodner at Allmusic (English)
- Phil Bodner at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet Movie Database He was born in 1919
- ↑ Obituary at Local 802
- ↑ Biography at Space Age Pop
- ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bodner, Phil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bodner, Philip; Bodner, Philip L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waterbury (Connecticut) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 2008 |
| Place of death | New York City |