Jack Nitzsche
American musician, composer, arranger (1937–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (/ˈniːtʃi/ NEECH-ee;[3] April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer.[4] He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" with Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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Birth name | Bernard Alfred Nitzsche |
Born | (1937-04-22)April 22, 1937 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | August 25, 2000(2000-08-25) (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Composer, orchestrator, arranger, session musician, record producer |
Instrument(s) | Piano, organ, vocals, saxophone |
Years active | 1955–1998 |
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