Matty Malneck

Matty Malneck ( born December 9, 1904 in Newark (New Jersey), † February 25, 1981 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz musician (violin, viola), arranger, and composer of film music and well-known jazz standards such as " I'll Never Be the Same ".

Life and work

Malneck grew up in Denver, Colorado, where he had violin lessons from a private teacher. From the age of 16, he played in local bands. From 1926 to 1937 he worked in the orchestra of Paul Whiteman; he took during this time also with Frank Signorelli, Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Lang, Irving Mills, Jack Pettis, Jack Teagarden and Mildred Bailey. 1932 made ​​his first recordings under his own name for London Records. 1938/39, he led a big band with which he recorded for Decca and Brunswick ( " St. Louis Blues" as well as adaptations of Rimsky -Korsakov's " Flight of the Bumble- Bee" and Dvorak's " Humoresque " ) and in the music films Eastside of Heaven, St. Louis Blues and Man About Town occurred. Beginning of the 1940s he was involved with a studio orchestra in the Abbott and Costello Show; In 1941 he accompanied Helen Ward with his orchestra in recordings for Columbia ( "Green Eyes" ). In his orchestra in the early 1940s occurred, the young singer Julie London.