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Jerry Wald (September 16, 1911 – July 13, 1962) was an American producer and screenwriter for motion pictures and radio shows. Born Jerome Irving Wald in Brooklyn, New York, he had a brother and sons who were active in show business. Jerry began writing a radio column for the New York Evening Graphic while a student at New York University. This led to him to produce several Rambling 'Round Radio Row featurettes for Vitaphone, Warner Brothers' short subject division, in 1932-'33. Wald produced and wrote many films between the 1930s and 1960s including Stars Over Broadway (1935), The... MORE

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RED RODNEY - Red Rodney Rides Again

RECORDED IN DECEMBER OF 1977. RED RODNEY-TRUMPET, RICHIE COLE-ALTO SAX, TURK MAURO-TENOR AND BARITONE SAX, ROLAND HANNA-KEYBOARDS, GEORGE DUVIVIER-BASS, GRADY TATE-DRUMS. Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 May 27, 1994), who performed by the stage name Red Rodney, was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940s for Jerry Wald, Jimmy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Elliott Lawrence, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown. He was inspired by hearing Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman. In 1949 he accepted an invitation from Charlie Parker to join his quintet. As the only white member of the group he was billed as Albino Red when playing in the racially segregated southern United States. In 1950 he joined the Charlie Ventura band. He also recorded extensively. In 1958 he left jazz because of diminishing opportunities, lack of acceptance as a white bebop trumpeter, and problems with the police about his drug addiction. He continued to work in other musical fields. Although he continued to be paid well, he supported his drug habit through theft and fraud, eventually spending 27 months in prison. In the early 1970s he was bankrupted by medical costs following a stroke and returned to jazz. He also managed to give up drugs during the 1970s, although in 1975 he was incarcerated in Kentucky for drug offenses ...

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The Making of IIOI/KOJI - Part 1
Into It. Over It. and KOJI came together this past summer to make a full length 10 song 12" split for No Sleep Records. Colormake and The Work collaborated in documenting this creative moment in the artists' lives. IIOIKOJI will be released on November 23...
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The Roaring Twenties (1939) - Humphrey Bogart has hurt feelings
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Lloyd Hart, Priscilla Lane and Gladys George. Directed Raoul Walsh, written by Jerry Wald. Copyright Warner Bros. Humphrey Bogart has hurt feelings.
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RED RODNEY - Waiting For Waits
RECORDED IN MARCH OF 1979. RED RODNEY-TRUMPET, RICHIE COLE-ALTO SAX, DAVID SCHNITTER-TENOR SAX, BARRY HARRIS-PIANO, GEORGE DUVIVIER-BASS, LEROY WILLIAMS-DRUMS. Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 May 27, 1994), who performed by the stage name Red R...
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STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies - #21
MILDRED PIERCE (1945) In 1945 Joan Crawford's career at Warner Brothers was in trouble and producer Jerry Wald came to the rescue. He hired screenwriter Ranald MacDougall to tailor MILDRED PIERCE, a sordid novel of mother love by James M. Cain, into a veh...
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Mad About Him Blues - Jerry Wald And His Orchestra. Anita Boyer Vocal
Clarinetest Jerry Wald, Sounding A little Like Artie Shaw, Leading His Fine Big Band with Anita Boyer On The Vocal.
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Instrumental Number - Jerry Wald And His Orchestra
The Lesser Known Jerry Wald Clarinet And His Orchestra Play This Fine Instrumental.
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Diga Diga Doo - Jerry Wald And His Orchestra
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BELOVED INFIDEL
Closing scene from Beloved Infidel, a 1959 biographical drama film starring Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr made by 20th Century Fox and based on the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film was directed by Henry King and produced by Jerry Wald from a screenpl...
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Return To Peyton Place (1961, opening titles)
This is the opening theme for "Return To Peyton Place" (1961), the sequel to the 1957 box-office smash. Here, the score from the original film by Franz Waxman (who along with producer, Jerry Wald, was the only individual from the first film to work on the...