vib, 1916-2011 US, Oakland, California
Composer / Arranger / Conductor of Jazz
Russell Garcia, born 12 April 1916, Oakland, California, died 19 November 2011, was a conductor, arranger and composer who has written a wide variety of music for stage and screen. He was the composer/arranger at NBC Studios (for such shows as "Rawhide" and "Laredo"), MGM films, "The Time Machine" (1960 film) and "Atlantis, the Lost Continent", as well as orchestrated themes for "Father Goose" and "The Benny Goodman Story". He collaborated with numerous artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Judy Garland, Henry Mancini and Charlie Chaplin doing arrangements and conducting orchestras.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Russell Garci's Wigville Band | Russell Garcia, Peggy Connelly | 2005 | Album |
Russel Garcia And His Four Trombone Band | Russell Garcia And His Four Trombone Band | 2005 | Compil. |
Atlantis : The Lost Continent / The Power (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Russell Garcia & Miklós Rózsa | 2005 | Compil. |
Frances Faye Sings & Russell Garcia Conducts: The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings | Frances Faye, Russell Garcia | 2005 | Compil. |
I've Got The World On A String/Louis Under The Stars | Louis Armstrong With Russell Garcia | 1999 | Compil. |
Anita O'Day 1956 - 1962 | Anita O'Day With Marty Paich, Billy May, Russell Garcia, Buddy Bregman | 1993 | Compil. |
The Time Machine (Original Motion Picture Score) | Russell Garcia | 1987 | Album |
ORF Arbeitsplatte UO 5/81 | Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russell Garcia | 1981 | Album |
ORF Arbeitsplatte U O 3/80 | Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russell Garcia | 1980 | Album |
Variations For Flugelhorn, String Quartet, Bass, & Drums | Russell Garcia | 1980 | Album |
I Lead A Charmed Life | Russell Garcia | 1980 | Album |
George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess | George Gershwin, Mel Tormé, Frances Faye With Betty Roché, George Kirby, Johnny Hartman, Sallie Blair, Frank Rosolino, Loulie Jean Norman, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russell Garcia Conducting The Studio Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group And Maynard Ferguson, Cat Anderson, Howard McGhee, Herbie Mann, Paul Gonsalves, Ralph Sharon, Johnny Hodges | 1962 | Album |
Half Time | Russell Garcia | 1959 | Album |
The Johnny Evergreens | Russell Garcia | 1956 | Album |
Wigville | Russell Garcia | 1955 | Album |
Jazz Variations | Russell Garcia | Album | |
Theme From "The Time Machine" | Russell Garcia | Single |
Russell Garcia And His Orchestra Jazz and Pop |