Marty Paich
| Marty Paich | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Martin Louis Paich |
| Born |
January 23, 1925 Oakland, California United States |
| Died | August 12, 1995 (aged 70) Santa Ynez, California United States |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, producer, music director, conductor |
| Instruments | Piano, accordion |
| Associated acts | Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Mel Tormé, Ray Charles, Art Pepper |
| Website | www |
Martin Louis "Marty" Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. He came to prominence on the West Coast Jazz scene of the 1950s, as both a pianist and a composer. Paich gradually stepped away from performing as a musician to work mainly as a producer, composer and arranger.
In a career spanning half a century, he worked in these capacities for such artists as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Kenton, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Ray Charles, Gary Crosby, Spirit, Johnny Rivers, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Al Hirt, Jack Jones, Neil Diamond, Stan Getz, Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Jackson, Art Pepper, Ethel Azama, Mahalia Jackson, Linda Lawson, Toto (his son David is a founding member of that band), and many others.
His earliest music lessons were on the accordion, and thereafter on the piano. By the time he was 10 years old, he had formed the first of numerous bands, and by the age of 12 was regularly playing at weddings and similar affairs. Paich first attended Cole Elementary School in Oakland, California. After graduating from McClymonds High School, he attended a series of professional schools in music, including Chapman College, San Francisco State University, the University of Southern California, and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, where he graduated in 1951 magna cum laude with a Master's degree in composition.
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