Johnny Richards

Johnny Richards ( * Juan Ricardo Cascales on November 2, 1911 in Querétaro, Mexico, † October 7, 1968 in New York) was an American Jazzarrangeur of modern jazz. He worked for Stan Kenton.

Life and work

Johnny Richards grew up in San Fernando ( California). His career began in 1928 in a band in Philadelphia, after which he went to Britain and there wrote film music. In the 1930s, he was employed in the Hollywood studios, led a dance orchestra 1940-45, among other things, the Pete Rugolo and Bob Graettinger belonged. From 1946 he worked as an arranger for Boyd Raeburn, Stan Kenton, Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Stitt and Helen Merrill. From 1958 to 1960 he also launched his own orchestra, which played among other things, Ben Webster, Julius Watkins, Ed Shaughnessy, Frank Rehak, Charli Persip, Jimmy Cleveland, Gene Quill, Hank Jones and Tom McIntosh.

Most will be remembered Richards for the boisterous Stan Kenton big band recordings in the 1950s. He arranged Kenton's Soliloquy (1950), Bags And Baggage, Prologue and Frank Speaking (1952 ); also for Boyd Raeburn the title The Man With The Horn, Prelude To The Dawn and Soft And Warm (1946 ); Dizzy Gillespie's recordings with strings from 1950 and 1954 and Sonny Stitt's Sancho Panza ( 1953).

His style is influenced by Duke Ellington and Pete Rugolo.

Auswahldiskographie

For Stan Kenton: '

  • Cuban Fire ( Capitol, 1956)
  • West Side Story ( Capitol, 1961)

As a leader

  • Wide Range (Creative World, 1957)
  • My Fair Lady / My Way ( Roulette / Fresh Sound, 1964)
  • Mosaic Select ( Mosaic, 2005)
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