Johnny Richards | |
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![Clockwise from left: Eddie Sauter, Edwin Finckel, George Handy, Richards, Neal Hefti, and Ralph Burns at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, c. 1947[1]](view_image.php?q=Johnny_Richards&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ralph_Burns,_Edwin_A._Finckel,_George_Handy,_Neal_Hefti,_Johnny_Richards,_and_Eddie_Sauter,_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Mar._1947_(Gottlieb_856).jpg) Clockwise from left: Eddie Sauter, Edwin Finckel, George Handy, Richards, Neal Hefti, and Ralph Burns at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, c. 1947[1] | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Juan Manuel Cascales |
| Born | November 2, 1911 Querétaro, Mexico |
| Died | October 7, 1968 (aged 56) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger |
Johnny Richards (born Juan Manuel Cascales, November 2, 1911 – October 7, 1968) was an American jazz arranger and composer scoring numerous sound tracks for television and film.[2] He was a pivotal composer/arranger for cutting edge, adventurous performances and recording sessions by Stan Kenton's big band in the 1950s and early 1960s; such as Cuban Fire!, Kenton's West Side Story and Adventures in Time.[2]
- ^ Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947 - William P. Gottlieb, accessed January 2011
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 358. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.