Jack Schaeffer
| Jack Schaeffer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Case Schaeffer II |
| Born | March 19, 1946 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophone player, singer, inventor, author |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Associated acts | Royale Monarchs |
Jack Schaeffer (born March 19, 1946, Los Angeles, California) is an American musician, recording artist, record producer and arranger.
The saxophone player and vocalist was signed by producer Gary Usher to a recording contract at MCA/Universal Studios, Decca Records. As a member of the early California surf band the Royale Monarchs, he was under contract by Bob Eubanks as house band at his Cinnamon Cinder night clubs. Schaeffer also performed regularly on the television shows The Cinnamon Cinder and Hollywood Dance Time. He recorded under the name The Forte' Four with guitarist Dan Anthony, founder of the Royale Monarchs, along with Gary Usher, studio musician Glen Campbell, and drummer Ernie Earnshaw.
With Chuck Girard, he was the founder of one of the first Christian rock groups, Love Song.
After relocating to the Bay Area, he helped organize the Chicago style big band Marin. He then moved into softer folk-rock, forming a group around lead singer Patty Parsons with Dan Anthony. He was involved in the band AnExchange, which became popular in the early 1970s in and around San Francisco, Sausalito and Rocky Mountain ski resorts. They were the opening act for the premiere of the Mill Valley Sweetwater Saloon, and opened for Joan Baez at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in 1974.
...
Wikipedia