{"id":1926,"date":"2013-09-15T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:15:54","slug":"fred-katz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.filmforno.com\/?p=1926","title":{"rendered":"Fred Katz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDamn! I really wanted to write a fan letter to Fred Katz! What a genius! He just died at 94 years of age, he really crammed a lot into his stay here on planet Earth, Classical musician, Jazz musician, Composer, Ethnologist, child prodigy on two instruments, maybe the first guy to play Jazz Cello! I grew up digging his score to Corman\/Griffith movies like Little Shop Of Horrors, a great score, quirky, idiosyncratic, unique just like the movie. There is really no other score like it that I can think of.\u00c2\u00a0 Plus he played with the great Chico Hamilton, he even appeared with Chico’s band in the sublime Sweet Smell Of Success ( a reference to the marijuana that features so prominently in the plot) .<\/p>\n

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\nThen he switched gears and became a professor of Shamanism, Mysticism, Magick! I wish I had taken one of his courses, I wish I had met him and told him how great he was. Too lAte! But maybe up in Film Music Heaven Fred can hear my compliments, I hope so. Dear Fred You were a giant talent and enriched my existence through your music, Fare Thee Well.<\/p>\n

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