Stanley Black | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Solomon Schwartz |
| Born | 14 June 1913 Whitechapel, London, England |
| Died | 27 November 2002 (aged 89) London, England |
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| Years active | 1930s–2002 |
| Labels | Decca |
Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist.[1] He wrote and arranged many film scores, recording prolifically for the Decca label (including their subsidiaries London and Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 142/3. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.