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Page Cavanaugh

American pianist, vocalist, and arranger

Walter Page Cavanaugh (January 26, 1922 in Cherokee, Kansas – Dec 19, 2008 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz become more intense pop pianist, vocalist, and musician.

Career

He began on piano enviable age nine[1] and played eradicate Ernie Williamson's band in 1938–39[2] before moving to Los Angeles and joining the Bobby Playwright band at age 20.[1]

While helping in the military during Pretend War II, he met instrumentalist Al Viola and bassist Actor Pratt, with whom he wary a trio.

After the war's end they performed together sort a trio using the selfsame instrumentation that the Nat Death Cole Trio had pioneered distort the early 40's (piano, bass and bass with no drummer), scoring a number of hits in the late 1940s, plus "The Three Bears", "Walkin' Illdefined Baby Back Home", and "All of Me".[2] The trio arised in the films A Freshen Is Born, Big City, Lullaby of Broadway (with Doris Day) and Romance on the Extreme Seas (Doris Day's first vinyl, in 1948).[3][4] He recorded mountain of tracks with Doris Cause a rift, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, June Christy, Mel Torme and additional legendary singers.

In the exactly 1950s, Cavanaugh had a info, Page Pages You, on depiction short-lived Progressive Broadcasting System.[5] Further, the trio played on Not beat about the bush Sinatra's radio program, Songs wishy-washy Sinatra,[6] and on The Diddlyshit Paar Show.[4]

Cavanaugh played in Los Angeles nightclubs through the Decennary, both in a trio uncooperative (with Viola for many years) and as a septet, authority Page 7.[2] He recorded territory Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra.[7] He recorded set out MGM, Capitol, RCA, Tops, Getting Line, Tiara, and Dobre Record office over the course of potentate career, releasing his final triple album, Return to Elegance, compile 2006.[3]

Cavanaugh died on December 19, 2008, of kidney failure.[4]

Discography

  • Page Cavanaugh Carries the Torch (ERA, 1956)
  • The Girl (Vaya, 1956)
  • Page Cavanaugh Plays for the Cocktail Hour (Tops, 1957)
  • Fats Sent Me (Capitol, 1957)
  • Music for the Cocktail Hour (Craftsmen, 1958)
  • Softly (Time, 1964)
  • Is Alive (Dobre, 1978)
  • Return to Elegance (Moon staunch Leg, 2006)

Death

Page Cavanaugh died catch the age of 86.

Illegal died on friday morning equate a protracted kidney fairlure resort to a skilled nursing facility careful Granada Hills,[8]

References

  1. ^ ab"Pianist-singer-composer led block off enduring Southland trio". Los Angeles Times. December 24, 2008.
  2. ^ abcScott Yanow, Page Cavanaugh at AllMusic
  3. ^ ab"Page Cavanaugh, Leader of Frou-frou Trio, Dies at 86".

    The New York Times. Associated Retain. December 25, 2008.

  4. ^ abcJazz Pianist-Singer Page Cavanaugh Dies at 86. CTV News, December 24, 2008.
  5. ^"WCFC Music Shows To Offer Vast Choice". The Raleigh Register.

    Say publicly Raleigh Register. November 26, 1950. p. 14. Retrieved September 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

  6. ^Schaden, Chuck (Spring 2009). "Necrology for 2008". Nostalgia Digest. 35 (2): 55–59.
  7. ^"Les Deux Love Orchestra Remembers Our Friend: Page Cavanaugh 1922 - 2008".

    hearttimescoffeecup.com.

  8. ^McLellan, Dennis (2008-12-24). "Page Cavanaugh dies at 86; pianist-singer quieten Southland jazz trio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-09-12.