Russell Garcia was a motion picture composer (born April 12, 1916 in Oakland, California - died November 19, 2011). Self-taught, his break came when he substituted for an ill colleague on a radio show. Subsequently, he went on to become composer/arranger at NBC Studios (for such shows as
Rawhide and
Laredo), MGM and Universal Studios. He collaborated with
Louis Armstrong and
Ella Fitzgerald on many of their albums (doing arrangements and conducting their orchestras as needed.) Garcia and his wife Gina Mauriello Garcia, a published author in her own right, have been members of the Ba…
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