Skip Martin (musician)

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Lloyd Vernon Skip Martin (also Skippy ; born May 14, 1916 in Robinson, Illinois ; † February 12, 1976 in Los Angeles ) was an American saxophonist , clarinetist , arranger and composer of jazz and pop music .

biography

Martin was born in Robinson, Illinois, in 1916 and grew up in Indianapolis . He was primarily an arranger in some of the most popular swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s. He worked with Gus Arnheim , Count Basie ( Tuesday at Ten ), Jan Savitt , Charlie Barnet , Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller , with the latter three occasionally also as woodwinds . He played alto saxophone with Gus Bivona in the Goodman Orchestra and recorded pieces of music with trumpet legend Cootie Williams in the early 1940s.

He later became known around the world with his big band chart I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm for Les Brown's orchestra. In the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, where he did a wide range of work as a freelance orchestrator , studio conductor and song arranger.

Martin recorded three albums and produced West Coast jazz and swing albums for Somerset Records under Dave Miller . He joined the "Dream Team arrangers" to Nelson Riddle , which Sinatra - Burke -albums for the ambitious project Reprise Musical Repertory Theater with the singers of the Rat Pack , Bing Crosby , Rosemary Clooney and Jo Stafford together presented.

In Hollywood , Martin was one of the preeminent orchestrators who contributed to Singin 'in the Rain (1952) and Guys and Dolls (1955). As an arranger, he also often worked with Conrad Salinger , for example on films such as Summer Stock (1950), Kiss Me Kate (1953) and Funny Face (1957). His greatest work is considered to be the orchestration of Judy Garland's comeback A Star Is Born (1954; A New Star in the Sky ), which includes many of his significant arrangements of the ballads by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin , notably The Man that Got Away and It's a New World .

Skip Martin died in 1976 at the age of 60 in Los Angeles and was buried there in the National Cemetery .

Discography

Albums

  • Skip Martin & His Prohibitionists: The Era of The Untouchables. Somerset, 1958.
  • Skip Martin: The Music from Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. RCA Victor, 1959.
  • Skip Martin: Scheherajazz. Somerset, 1959.
  • Skip Martin: Swingin 'with Prince Igor and Thannhäuser. Somerset, 1960.
  • Skip Martin & His Prohibitionists: Songs And Sounds of the Era of the Untouchables. Somerset, 1960.
  • Skip Martin: perspectives in percussion. 2 vol., Somerset, 1961.
  • Skip Martin & Video All-Stars: Swingin 'Things from Can-Can. Somerset, 1961.

Singles

  • Skip Martin & Video All-Stars: Swingin 'Things from Can-Can. Somerset, 1961.
  • Skip Martin & Video All-Stars: Can-Can. You Do Something to Me. Somerset.
  • Skip Martin: Stérèo Percussion. Vogue.
  • Skip Martin & Video All-Stars: Fallout. Session at Pete's Pad. Somerset.
  • Skip Martin & Video All-Stars: Just One of Those Things. I am in love. Somerset.

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SURNAME Martin, Skip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Lloyd Vernon (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer of jazz and pop music
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Robinson , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1976
Place of death los Angeles