Jazz

Neal Hefti is Gone

Lil' Darlin" might well have remained Hefti's signature composition had he not been contracted to provide the music for the ABC television series Batman. Laboring to come up with a theme that would ...
Variety

Composer Neal Hefti dies at 85

Neal Hefti, a top jazz arranger of the 1940s and ’50s and Grammy-winning composer of the “Batman” and “Odd Couple” themes, died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 85. Hefti composed ...
The Washington Post

Composer Neal Hefti; Jazz Master Penned Theme for 'Batman'

Neal Hefti, whose brilliance as a jazz composer and arranger for Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and other entertainers might have been overshadowed by his familiar theme songs for "Batman" and "The Odd ...
Jazz

Change the World

01. Change the World (Eric Clapton) - 6:58; 02. Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson/Mark Murphy) - 6:54; 03. Effendi (McCoy Tyner/Kurt Eling) - 5:17; 04. Lil' Darlin' (Neal Hefti) - 5:17; 05. Blue Moon ...
Variety

Musician Neal Hefti dies at 85

Neal Hefti, a top jazz arranger of the 1940s and ’50s and Grammy-winning composer of the “Batman” and “Odd Couple” themes, died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 85. Hefti composed ...