RUSS GARCIA

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Russell Garcia, QSM (12 April 1916 – 19 November 2011) was an American composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast.

Garcia was born in Oakland, California, but was a longtime resident of New Zealand. Self-taught, his break came when he substituted for an ill colleague on a radio show. Subsequently, he went on to become a composer/arranger at NBC Studios for such television shows as Rawhide 1962 and Laredo, 1965–67. He worked at Universal Studios and MGM, where at the latter he composed and conducted the original scores for such films as George Pal's The Time Machine (1960) and Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961). He also orchestrated the music for Father Goose (1964) and The Benny Goodman Story (1956). Garcia collaborated with many Hollywood musicians and celebrities, including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Mel Torme, Julie London, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Maynard
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RUSS GARCIA Wigville album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wigville
Big Band 1955
RUSS GARCIA The Johnny Evergreens album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Johnny Evergreens
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1956
RUSS GARCIA Russ Garcia Orchestra : Four Horns And A Lush Life (aka I'll Never Forget What's Her Name) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russ Garcia Orchestra : Four Horns And A Lush Life (aka I'll Never Forget What's Her Name)
Hard Bop 1956
RUSS GARCIA Russ Garcia And His Orchestra : Hi-Fi Music For Children From 2 To 92 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russ Garcia And His Orchestra : Hi-Fi Music For Children From 2 To 92
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia And His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge : That Warm Feeling album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia And His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge : That Warm Feeling
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia And His Orchestra : Listen To The Music Of Russell Garcia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia And His Orchestra : Listen To The Music Of Russell Garcia
Big Band 1957
RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia And His Orchestra ‎: Enchantment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia And His Orchestra ‎: Enchantment
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
RUSS GARCIA Russ Garcia And His Orchestra : Carioca album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russ Garcia And His Orchestra : Carioca
Exotica 1958
RUSS GARCIA Russ Garcia & His Orchestra : Fantastica album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russ Garcia & His Orchestra : Fantastica
Exotica 1958
RUSS GARCIA University Brass Band Conducted By Russ Garcia :  Half Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
University Brass Band Conducted By Russ Garcia : Half Time
Big Band 1959
RUSS GARCIA Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russel Garcia : ORF Arbeitsplatte U O 3/80 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russel Garcia : ORF Arbeitsplatte U O 3/80
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1980
RUSS GARCIA I Lead A Charmed Life album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Lead A Charmed Life
Big Band 1980
RUSS GARCIA Variations For Flugelhorn, String Quartet, Bass, & Drums album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Variations For Flugelhorn, String Quartet, Bass, & Drums
Third Stream 1980
RUSS GARCIA Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russell Garcia ‎: ORF Arbeitsplatte UO 5/81 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Das Große ORF Unterhaltungsorchester ; Leitung Russell Garcia ‎: ORF Arbeitsplatte UO 5/81
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1981
RUSS GARCIA The Time Machine (Original Motion Picture Score) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Time Machine (Original Motion Picture Score)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1987

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RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia And His Orchestra ‎: Los Angeles River album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia And His Orchestra ‎: Los Angeles River
Big Band 2005
RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia, Peggy Connelly : Russell Garci's Wigville Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia, Peggy Connelly : Russell Garci's Wigville Band
Big Band 2005
RUSS GARCIA Russell Garcia & Miklós Rózsa ‎: Atlantis - The Lost Continent / The Power (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Russell Garcia & Miklós Rózsa ‎: Atlantis - The Lost Continent / The Power (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2005

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