Manny Klein

Manny Klein
Birth name	Emmanuel Klein
Born	February 4, 1908
Origin	New York, New York, USA
Died	May 31, 1994
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	trumpeter
Instruments	trumpet
Associated acts	Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman

Manny Klein (born as Emmanuel Klein on February 4, 1908; died May 31, 1994) was a jazz trumpeter most associated with swing.

He began with Paul Whiteman in 1928 and was active throughout the 1930s playing with several major bands of the era including the Dorseys and Benny Goodman. In 1937, he moved to California and worked with Frank Trumbauer's orchestra. And in early 1940, credited as Mannie Klein, he appears on Artie Shaw And His Orchestra recordings. He also did soundtracks and played trumpet for the film From Here to Eternity, but was uncredited. In addition, Klein worked with musicians associated with West Coast jazz in the 1950s.

A versatile player who studied with Max Schlossberg of the New York Philharmonic (whose other students included another New York-born trumpet luminary of the Big-band era, Bernie Glow), Klein could play in almost any setting, including first trumpet in an orchestra. In 1953, he appeared on the Capitol Records LP of Concerto In C Minor For Piano by Dmitri Shostakovich and The Four Temperaments by Paul Hindemith with Victor Aller and Felix Slatkin.^[1][2]

During the early 60s, he appeared on several Dean Martin recordings. He played piccolo trumpet on Hugo Montenegro's hit version of the main theme to the 1966 film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.^[3]

Klein was regarded^{[by whom?]} as one of the most proficient trumpet players of his, or any generation. In addition to being a brilliant technician, Klein possessed an uncanny ability to mimic the styles of many other prominent trumpeters, namely Bunny Berigan and Ziggy Elman.

Klein died at the age of 85 in Los Angeles on May 31, 1994.

References

• Allen P. Britton, Michael Meckna: Twentieth-century brass soloists. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, 1994.
• Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppi: The Blue Note label. A discography. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2001.
• Colin Larkin: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Third edition. Macmillan, New York, N.Y. 1998.

1. ^ First Trumpet: The Road to Broadway and Hollywood. Max Herman & Floyd Levin.
2. ^ Capitol LP P8230, 1953.
3. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 66.

External links

• All Music
• IMDB

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Name	Klein, Emmanuel
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Date of birth	February 4, 1908
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Date of death	May 31, 1994
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