Brad Dechter

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The Underdog Has Arisen

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Released: Jan 1, 2005

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The Underdog Has Arisen
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Jazzy Lullaby
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Funky Monkey
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Db Tune
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Ordinary Miracles sung by Maureen Dechte
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General Info

Genre: Jazz / Other
Location LOS ANGELES, California, US
Profile Views: 9145
Last Login: 11/27/2010
Member Since 10/16/2006
Website http://imdb.com/name/nm0213779/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0
Record Label Dreamtown Records
Bio
Brad Dechter is an orchestrator, arranger, composer and saxophonist who has been a professional musician since 1971 and an active participant of the Hollywood recording industry since 1981. A native of Los Angeles, he grew up in a musical family in which his father Ted, himself a noted classical and big band trombonist as well as a beloved local music teacher, was his primary influence and teacher. Originally playing clarinet and then progressing to saxophone and flute, Brad gained valuable experience performing with symphonies, big bands and various other groups before attending Yale University, where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in music. Primarily working in motion pictures, he has orchestrated or arranged all or parts of over 200 feature films including the Academy Award-nominated scores for "The Fugitive," "The Prince of Tides," "My Best Friend’s Wedding," "The Village," "The Passion of the Christ", "The First Wives Club" and "Michael Clayton." He has worked on numerous television shows including the series "Moonlighting," for which he was nominated for 2 Emmy awards for his arranging work, and “The West Wing,” for which he arranged and orchestrated its Emmy-winning title theme for composer W.G. “Snuffy” Walden. His arrangements and orchestrations are also showcased in numerous diverse record albums, including his wife Maureen’s debut album, "Songs of a Mother’s Love," and those featuring such artists as Barbara Streisand, Elton John, Johnny Mathis, Jack Jones, John Denver, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Cy Coleman, Jim Self, McCoy Tyner, Al Jarreau, Placido Domingo and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London. As a saxophonist, he studied with jazz legend George Coleman (of the Miles Davis Quintet fame) and has played with jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Ventura, Bill Holman, Bill Berry and Toshiko Akyoshi. Early 2008 found brad as an orchestrator for Academy Award-nominated score, Michael Clayton, for John Clayton's Grammy-winning arrangement of I'm Gonna Live Until I Die for Queen Latifah as well as John's arrangement of The Best is Yet to Come on Michael Bublé's Grammy-winning album and finally as one of the arrangers for the top-seling album of 2007 by Josh Groban (Noel Album). He is currently leader of the Brad Dechter Octet, a group featuring luminaries of the Southern California jazz world and including his wife Maureen and son Graham.
Members
Jazz Octet includes Gary Foster (Alto Sax), Roger Neumann (Tenor Sax), Bob Summers (Trumpet), Les Benedict (Trombone), Mike Lang (Piano), Frank Bennett (Drums), Kenny Wild or Chuck Nenneker (Bass),me (Bari Sax) and Maureen Dechter (Vocals).
Influences
an endless list including (but not limited to) my dad Ted Dechter, my wife Maureen, my son Graham, Paul Sullivan, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Johnny Hodges, James Moody, Lennie Niehaus, Oliver Nelson, Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Lester Young, Bob Cooper, Booker Ervin, George Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, Pete Christlieb, Lew Tabackin, John Coltrane, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Carney, Pepper Adams, Serge Chaloff, David Mott, Bill Berry, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones, Chet Baker, Blue Mitchell, Snooky Young, Cat Anderson, Conte Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Richard Williams, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bob Fitzpatrick, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Knepper, Carl Fontana, Lawrence Brown, Al Grey, Britt Woodman, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Mike Lang, Errol Garner, Bud Powell, Jaki Byard, Sir Roland Hanna, Wynton Kelly, John Mehegan, Ross Tompkins, Ronnell Bright, Fred Hersch, Tamir Hendelman, Phinneas Newborn Jr., George Shearing, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Hank Jones, Johnny Costa, Nat King Cole, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Monty Budwig, Scotty LaFaro, Milt Hinton, Red Callendar, Rufus Reid, Neils Henning Orsted-Pederson, Bob Cranshaw, Arni Egilsson, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Sam Woodyard, Shelly Manne, Jeff Hamilton, Louis Bellson, Elvin Jones, Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Ernie Wilkins, John Clayton, (did I say?) Thad Jones, Fletcher Henderson, Bill Russo, Henry Mancini, Billy May, Quincy Jones, Pete Rugolo, Bob Florence, Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, J.S. Bach, Josquin du Prez, Charles Ives, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber, Berlioz, Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, Maury Yeston, Robert Moore, Bruce MacCombie, James Newton Howard, Mark Isham, Marc Shaiman, Lee Holdridge, Alfred Newman, Hugo Friedhofer, Max Steiner, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Trevor Jones, John Debney, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hartman, Steve Allen, Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Lewis Black, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby,....I will have to finish this list later!
Sounds Like
me I hope!