Stan Freeman

Although he only released a handful of recordings of his own, Stan Freeman was a near-omnipresent fixture on the New York jazz scene as a soloist, accompanist, and session musician for much of the 1950's and early '60s. Additionally, he attracted attention as a composer, comic writer, and raconteur, and also served as an arranger from the 1960's thru the 1980's for Marlene Dietrich and Michael Feinstein. And for a time in the early 1950's, he helped spearhead a momentary and unexpected revival of the harpsichord as a popular instrument. Born in Waterbury, CT, in 1920, Stan F...