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Jack Nitzsche
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (22 April 1937 – 25 August 2000) was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others. He also worked extensively in film scores, winning a song of the year…
Known for
- Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille — Self (archive footage)2024
- Neil Young: Harvest Time — Self2022
- Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche Story — Self2018
- The Whoopee Boys — Motel Manager1986
- Journey Through the Past — Self1972
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1937-04-22
- Active to
- 2000-08-25
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 149,437
- Total plays
- 809,346
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Bernard Alfred ("Jack") Nitzsche (Chicago, April 22, 1937 – Hollywood, August 25, 2000) An important behind-the-scenes figure in popular music for 40 years, composer/songwriter/producer/arranger/studio musician Jack Nitzsche served a crucial function in 1960s rock & roll, from helping to create the legendary "wall of sound" to working with artists like The Rolling Stones and countless others. Nitzsche was also a capable writer who penned a couple <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Nitzsche"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Spouse
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Occupation
- music arranger
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Jack Nitzsche 1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-04-22
- date of death
- 2000-08-25
- Commons category
- Jack Nitzsche
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- birth name
- Bernard Alfred Nitzsche
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Jack Nitzsche
- member of
- The Stray Gators
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
- name in native language
- Jack Nitzsche
- manner of death
- natural causes
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