About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Matthew Sweet, Neal Hefti, Conor Oberst, Herbie Phillips, Randy Meisner, Roni Benise, Tim Wildsmith, Jon Peter Lewis, Tim Kasher, Mike Mogis, Max Carl, Robin Ward, Josh Rouse, Ruth Etting, Don King, Simon Joyner, Jeri Southern, Joshua James, Tompall Glaser, Jim Glaser, Duke Erikson, Shaun Murphy, Laura Love, Chad Sexton, Doug Ingle, Todd Fink, Ann Ronell, Chip Davis, Chris Petersen, Michael Murphy, SA Martinez, A. J. Mogis, Joe Feeney, Steve Pedersen, Neely Jenkins, Kianna Alarid, Frank Reed, Pee Wee Erwin, Nick White, Verdell Primeaux, Lambert Bartak, John Hubbard Beecher, Jamie Pressnall, Matt Maginn, Monty Budwig, Derek Pressnall, Rick Evans, Clark Baechle, Sander Steen, Alan Tanner, Alex McManus, Jerry Hahn, Clint Schnase, Matt Focht, Sarah Benck, Mike Sweeney, Denny Zager, Ryan Fox, Robb Nansel, Landon Hedges, Jacob Thiele, Doug Campbell. Excerpt: Neal Hefti (October 29, 1922 - October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts for Nat Towles. He became a prominent composer and arranger while playing trumpet for Woody Herman; while working for Herman he provided new arrangements for "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Blowin' Up a Storm," and composed "The Good Earth" and "Wild Root." After leaving Herman's band in 1946, Hefti concentrated on arranging and composing, although he occasionally led his own bands. He is especially known for his charts for Count Basie such as "Li'l Darlin'" and "Cute." Neal Paul Hefti was born October 29, 1922 to an impoverished family in Hastings, Nebraska. As a young child, he remembers his famil...
