Dave Frishberg
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| Dave Frishberg | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dave Frishberg |
| Born | March 23, 1933 |
| Origin | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Genre(s) | Bebop Vocal jazz Swing music |
| Instrument(s) | Piano Vocals |
| Label(s) | Arbors Records |
| Associated acts | Eddie Condon |
Dave Frishberg (born 23 March 1933) is an American jazz pianist, vocalist and composer born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, perhaps best-known for his work with Ben Webster, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. He has become best known for writing and performing his own songs including favorites "My Attorney Bernie", "Do You Miss New York", "Slappin' the Cakes on Me" and "Van Lingle Mungo", the lyrics of which entirely consist of the names of old-time baseball players.
Many of his songs have been performed by artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli and Mel Tormé.
Frishberg may be most famous today for having written the music and lyrics for "I'm Just A Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABC Schoolhouse Rock! series, which was subsequently transformed into the popular revue "Schoolhouse Rock Live" available with MTI. For "Schoolhouse Rock!", he also wrote and performed "Walkin' On Wall Street" and "$7.50 Once A Week". He presently resides in Portland, Oregon.
[edit] Select discography
As bandleader
- Retromania (Arbors Records)
- Do You Miss New York? (Arbors Records)
As a soloist
- By Himself (Arbors Records)
With Jim Goodwin
- Double Play (Arbors Records)
With Rebecca Kilgore
- The Starlit Hour (Arbors Records)
- No A Care In The World (Arbors Records)
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