Jeremy Michael Lubbock(4 June 1931 – 29 January 2021) was aGrammy-winning Englishpianist,conductor,orchestrator,music producer,arranger,composer,andsongwriter.[3][4]
Jeremy Lubbock | |
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| Birth name | Jeremy Michael Lubbock |
| Born | 4 June 1931 Berkshire,England |
| Died | 29 January 2021(aged 89) Oxfordshire,England |
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| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | mid-1950s–2019[1][2] |
| Labels | Parlophone,Angel Records |
| Website | jeremylubbock |
Life and career
editBorn inBerkshire,he learned piano as a child, and discoveredjazzand otherAmerican popular musicin his teens. He studiedarchitectureatOxford University,while also occasionally performing as a jazz pianist and vocalist in clubs in London and Paris, much in the style ofNat King Cole.In the late 1950s, he made some recordings as a singer and pianist, and started a career in which he toured round the world as a performer and arranger, in which he acquired a special talent.[5]
He moved toLos Angeleswith his family in 1977, and worked onJoni Mitchell's albumMingus,andMinnie Riperton's final albumMinnie.In following years, he worked withDavid Foster,Quincy Jones,Chicago,and many others. He wonGrammy Awardsfor his arrangements on Chicago's "Hard Habit to Break"in 1984,Andy Williams'sClose Enough For Love,in 1986, and forCeline Dion's "When I Fall in Love",from the filmSleepless in Seattle,in 1994. He also received 11 additional nominations for his arrangements. As a songwriter, Lubbock co-wrote "The Best of Me",recorded byCliff Richard,Barry Manilow,and many others. He notably conducted and arranged the strings forMichael Jackson’s songBillie Jean[5]
Lubbock died inOxfordshire,England, in 2021, aged 89.[6]
Filmography (selection)
edit- 1990:Any Man's Death
- 1996:Dear God
External links
editReferences
edit- ^Howell, Richi"Jeremy Lubbock: Discovered in a London Club".Disc.May 10, 1958. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^"Prelude to a Kisscredits ".WorldCat.Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^"Jeremy Lubbock | Credits".AllMusic.Retrieved18 April2021.
- ^www.grammy.comhttps://www.grammy.com/artists/jeremy-lubbock/4277.Retrieved1 March2022.
{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ab"A Majestic Slice Of Life...",JeremyLubbock.co.Retrieved 3 February 2021
- ^John Altman, "Jeremy Lubbock (1931-2021)",London Jazz News,2 February 2021.Retrieved 3 February 2021
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