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Shep Meyers (October 5, 1936 - July 18, 2009) was an American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey and raised in Fair Lawn, NJ.〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/822872-Shep-Meyers〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shepard Meyers Obituary - San Diego, California - El Camino Memorial - La Mesa )〕 who lived in San Diego, California from 1977. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and many others. He backed singer Julie London 7 nights a week as well as jazz vocalists Anita O'Day, Billy Daniels, Peggy Lee, and Eleonor England, among others. He served as conductor for the bands of comedians Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Redd Foxx, and Henny Youngman, and Johnny Carson during his residency at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. He has played with instrumentalists Woody Herman, Billy Daniels, Coleman Hawkins, Art Pepper, Conte Candoli, and others. He died of a stroke on July 18, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who made you God? )〕 His career started when he moved to New York and studied in the Manhattan School of Music. He was arranger and conductor for over 500 radio and television commercials, and arranger for the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra. In the eleven years he spent composing, arranging and conducting television commercials, those commercial were nominated for 7 Clio Awards, Shep also produced, edited and created the music video for the Grammy award winning album “Digital Duke” from Duke Ellington.〔http://www.russellbizzett.com/files/LazarusMusicPressPack.pdf〕 In 1986 he began playing a residency playing jazz piano in the Croce’s restaurant and bar, run by Ingrid Croce. From 1986 to his death in 2009 he had a residency there on Tuesday nights, leading a trio or quartet, with only a two-month hiatus during the 23 years. During this time, Shep played other venues including the Hotel del Coronado, L'Auberge, the Loews Coronado, and others.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shep Meyers; Friends, fans admired pianist's stellar skills and humble nature )〕 Shep has three albums, one of them a solo: ''Cornerstones'' 〔 featuring the Shep Meyers Quartet and the late saxophonist Jay Migliori, ''Originals'' (2007) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shep Meyers - Originals - CD Baby Music Store )〕 and ''Solo Thoughts'' (2007) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shep Meyers - Solo Thoughts - CD Baby Music Store )〕 The 23rd August 2009 a memorial concert was held at Croce’s Restaurant and Bar, where artists like Daniel Jackson, Mike Wofford, Bob Magnusson and Dave Curtis among others played. ==Discography== *Cornerstones (2001)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cornerstone by Shep Meyers - jazzreview.com - Your Jazz Music Connection )〕 *Solo Thoughts (2007) *Originals (2007) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shep Meyers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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