Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
Top Songs
| 1 | Batman Theme | ||
| 2 | The Odd Couple Main Title | ||
| 3 | Classic Batman Main Title | ||
| 4 | Exodus | ||
| 5 | A Taste of Honey |
Albums
Jun 2025 • 12 songs
Dec 2022 • 24 songs
Apr 2017 • 30 songs
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About
Biography
One of the top jazz arranger/composers of the 1950s, Neal Hefti first wrote charts in the late '30s for Nat Towles. He contributed arrangements to the Earl Hines big band; played trumpet with Charlie Barnet, Horace Heidt, and Charlie Spivak (1942-1943); and toured with Woody Herman's First Herd (1944-1946), marrying Herman's singer Francis Wayne. It was with Herman that Hefti began to get a strong reputation, arranging an updated "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Blowin' Up a Storm," and composing "The Good Earth" and "Wild Root." He also took a notable solo during a Lucky Thompson se...