Buddy Bregman

Buddy Bregman ( born July 9, 1930 in Chicago) is an American television director, producer, composer and bandleader, who also worked with swing and West Coast jazz musicians.

Life

Bregman studied at UCLA and wrote at the time the track I Need Your Lovin by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was to be his first hit success. From the mid- 1950s he worked in the studios of Hollywood for Norman Granz ' new label Verve Records as artistic director. There, he accompanied and arranged for show stars such as Bing Crosby ( Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings ), Judy Garland, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra, but also took some big band albums under his own name for Verve Records. He also appeared with his orchestra at the 1956 incurred Verve productions of the Great American Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald ( Sings the Cole Porter Songbook and Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook ) and Anita O'Day (Pick Up Yourself ). In addition, he produced film scores, such as for The Pajama Game, Crime in the Streets, Secret of the Purple Reef. In his orchestra then played well-known musicians of the West Coast jazz as Milt Bernhart, Pete and Conte Candoli, Bob Cooper, Harry "Sweets " Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Geller, Jimmy Giuffre, Barney Kessel, Stan Levey, Joe Mondragon, Frank Rosolino, Bud Shank and Alvin Stoller. At its most famous album this time Swinging Kicks of 1956 acted as also as a guest soloist André Previn, Ben Webster and Stan Getz. In 1963 he was involved in the production of the album Something Wonderful by Carmen McRae.

After his tenure at Verve Bregman worked as a producer at the BBC, and from 1965 as head of entertainment of private ITV Rediffusion London. Bregman then wrote the musical Jump Jim Crow for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later worked for independent television and film production establishments and produced films with Olivia Newton-John. After his return to the United States Bregman worked as a television producer and director.