Lalo Schifrin (born on this day in 1932)

Educated by his father, Luis Schifrin, (Boris Claudio Schifrin , Buenos Aires, June 21, 1932), first violinist of the Teatro Colón Orchestra of Buenos Aires in the environment of classical music from a very young age, Lalo traveled to Paris to study classical music and jazz at the Parisian conservatory where, during the week he would study classical music, and on weekends he performed in small jazz clubs with the best jazz exponents in Europe. When he returned to Buenos Aires in the mid-1950s, he formed his own band and on a visit by the legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, passing through Buenos Aires, he has the opportunity to see him live. Dizzy, after hearing his music, offers her to travel with him to New York as his pianist and director.

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From that moment on, Lalo Schifrin began to compose music, writing more than 100 melodies for movies and television series. He was nominated for Grammy Awards 21 times, winning 4; He also received an ACE Award, and 6 Oscar nominations. The films and television series that contain Schifrin’s most famous works are: ‘Mission Impossible’; ‘Kung Fu’ and ‘Mannix.’ As a jazz musician he has shared the stage with great instrumentalists and singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, and Count Basie among others.

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Throughout his long and successful career, Lalo Schifrin has performed in the best concert halls in the world such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, The Music Center in Los Angeles, the Sala Pleyel in Paris, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as at all major jazz festivals in the United States and Europe. Schifrin made it possible for the three most important tenors of the late 20th century: José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, to sing together through his arrangements and mixes so that each one’s tones coincide. This highly successful series of recordings has attracted many new admirers in the world of classical music.

In 1993, Schifrin came to prominence as a composer, pianist and conductor for his series of recordings entitled ‘Jazz Meets the Symphony’, where he worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as with jazz musicians Ray Brown, Grady Tate, Jon Faddis, Paquito D’Rivera, and Jeff Hamilton. Schifrin’s honors include the BMI Lifetime Achievement Award (1988), the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres from the French Minister of Culture, the Distinguished Artist Award (1988) from the Music Center of The Angels; the title of consultant to the President of Argentina on Cultural Issues (1998); and the appointment of Musical Director of the Los Angeles Latin Jazz Institute Festival (1999).

At the time of writing this biography, Lalo Schifrin continues to compose jazz and classical music; He tours with major orchestras and works on composing music for films. In 2018, Schifrin received an Honorary Oscar for his entire professional career from the Hollywood Academy.

Lalo Schifrin – Black Widow (CTI Records – CTI 5000 – US – 1976)

Black Widow is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1976 and released on the CTI label.

Title: Black Widow
Musician: Schifrin, Lalo.
Accompaniments : Pepper Adams
Recording Date: 1976. March 29-30
Recording Location: New York
Record Label: CTI
Number of topics: 12
Format: CD
Instrument: Piano
Style: Cool

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

"Black Widow" – 4:11
"Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 4:31
"Quiet Village" (Les Baxter) – 5:45
"Moonglow/Theme from Picnic" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange/George Duning, Steve Allen) – 6:13
"Jaws" (John Williams) – 6:01
"Baia" (Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert) – 4:49
"Turning Point" – 3:29
"Dragonfly" – 5:45
"Frenesi" (Alberto Dominguez) – 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Tabú" (Margarita Lecuona) – 4:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Baia" (Barroso, Gilbert) – 7:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Con Alma" – 6:30 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Lalo Schifrin – piano, keyboards, arranger, conductor
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Wayne Andre, Billy Campbell, Barry Rogers – trombone
Dave Taylor – bass trombone
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Joe Farrell – alto saxophone, flute
Jerry Dodgion, Hubert Laws, George Marge – flute
Clark Spangler – keyboards
Eric Gale, Jerry Friedman, John Tropea – guitar
Anthony Jackson – bass
Andy Newmark – drums
Don Alias, Carter Collins, Sue Evans, Carlos Martin – percussion
Patti Austin – vocals
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi – violin

Lalo Schifrin is an outstanding arranger, composer and pianist who has deservedly earned fame in his years of work composing soundtracks for TV series. “Mission Impossible”, “Manix” and other renowned television series bear his signature and seal. But Lalo is, essentially, a jazz musician, and this “Black Widow” is his star album for a label, CTI, that was not lavish in offering its studies to anyone. This is a good album by an Argentine musician, who loves jazz above all music.