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Also known as Juan Manuel Cascales

American jazz arranger and composer (1911–1968)

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Johnny Richards was a jazz arranger in the mid-20th century United States. He was a pivotal arranger for some of the more adventurous, boisterous Stan Kenton big band performances on recordings in the 1950s. He was born, November 2, 1911, in Querétaro, Mexico, as Juan Ricardo Cascales, to a Mexican father and a French mother. He immigrated, along with his family, and his family settled in Schenectady, New York, 1912. He worked in Los Angeles, California from the late 1930s to 1952. <a href="ht

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Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947 (Gottlieb 856).jpg
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date of birth
1911-11-02
date of death
1968-10-07
birth name
Juan Manuel Cascales Arrue
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Johnny Richards
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Juan Manuel Cascales
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