Irving Joseph

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Prison Break 02:44 Tools
Stool Pigeon 00:00 Tools
States Evidence 00:00 Tools
The Contract 00:00 Tools
Crime Wave 00:00 Tools
Third Degree 00:00 Tools
We The Jury 00:00 Tools
Bad Day In Brooklyn 00:00 Tools
The Big Six 00:00 Tools
April In Brownsville 00:00 Tools
Double Cross 00:00 Tools
State's Evidence 00:00 Tools
Murder, Inc. 00:00 Tools
Murder, Inc 00:00 Tools
Send In The Clouds 00:00 Tools
Begin the Beguine 00:00 Tools
Prison Break [1960] 00:00 Tools
Night and Day 00:00 Tools
I've Got You Under My Skin 00:00 Tools
Anything Goes 00:00 Tools
You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To 00:00 Tools
You're the Top 00:00 Tools
Easy to Love 00:00 Tools
Just One of Those Things 00:00 Tools
If I Had You 00:00 Tools
Whats New 00:00 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are 00:00 Tools
When I Fall In Love 00:00 Tools
Embraceable You 00:00 Tools
Round Midnight 00:00 Tools
Love for Sale 00:00 Tools
It's De-Lovely 00:00 Tools
Body And Soul 00:00 Tools
Moonlight In Vermont 00:00 Tools
Someone Watch Over Me 00:00 Tools
They Can't Take That Away From Me 00:00 Tools
Stars Fell On Alabama 00:00 Tools
Prison Break (From The Album "Murder Inc.") 00:00 Tools
Get Out of Town 00:00 Tools
I've Got A Crush on You 00:00 Tools
Gone With The Wind 00:00 Tools
Lush Life 00:00 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 00:00 Tools
Autumn In New York 00:00 Tools
Fly Me To The Moon 00:00 Tools
Isn't It A Pity To Fall In Love 00:00 Tools
Darn That Dream 00:00 Tools
Summertime 00:00 Tools
Sophisticated Lady 00:00 Tools
Somebody Loves Me 00:00 Tools
But Not For Me 00:00 Tools
Laura 00:00 Tools
Ain't Misbehavin 00:00 Tools
The Man I Love 00:00 Tools
Stool Pigeon [1960] 00:00 Tools
I Surrender Dear 00:00 Tools
Prison Break (from the album ''Murder Inc.'' - 1960) 00:00 Tools
Prison Break from Murder, Inc. (Time/Series) 00:00 Tools
Cabin In The Sky 00:00 Tools
Goodbye 00:00 Tools
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* Born 3 March 1925, Bronx, New York * Died 28 March 2000, Long Island, New York Irving Joseph spent most of his career in the anonymity of the orchestra pit, but space age pop fans know him for a choice piece of crime jazz titled, Murder, Inc. on Bob Shad's Time label. Murder, Inc. sounds a little like outtakes from the Tijuana strip-joint "source music" in Mancini's great score to Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil." In fact, there's enough of a rocking sax combo feel to Murder, Inc. that Shad reissued it a few years later as Surf Party--My Pad by "The Wedges" in an attempt to cash in on the surf music craze. (Time Records soon went under for the third time, however, to resurface as Mainstream). Joseph studied piano with Adele Marcus and was enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War Two, where he served in a fleet band. After the war, he was hired by Tommy Dorsey, but he left the band within a year to settle in New York City. Lena Horne's husband and musical director, Lennie Hayton, hired Joseph as Horne's pianist and main accompanist for a very successful club act, and from that gig, Joseph became acquainted with another singer, Felicia Sanders, whom he later married. Although he recorded several albums in addition to Murder, Inc., he preferred to work in live performances. He served as conductor for numerous Broadway musicals and plays, including "Jimmy Shine," one of Dustin Hoffman's earliest starring vehicles. He conducted national touring companies of "Chicago!," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "Seesaw," among others. After his wife died in 1975, Joseph returned to club work as pianist for Rita Moreno. He later remarried, and went on to work with Moreno for nearly twenty years. He also accompanied Shirley Bassey, Patti Lupone, and other singers, and even worked briefly with Frank Sinatra on one of Sinatra's last tours. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.