Birth name David Frishberg Name Dave Frishberg Instruments Piano, vocals | Labels Arbors Record label Arbors Records Associated acts Eddie Condon | |
Born March 23, 1933 (age 91) ( 1933-03-23 ) Origin Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. Role Jazz Pianist · davefrishberg.net Albums At the Algonquin, Dave Frishberg Classics, By Himself Genres Bebop, Vocal jazz, Swing music Similar People Bob Dorough, Rebecca Kilgore, Connie Evingson, Jessica Molaskey, Bucky Pizzarelli | ||
Education University of Minnesota | ||
Dave frishberg the pianist
Dave Frishberg (born March 23, 1933) is an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli, and Mel Tormé.
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- Biography
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Frishberg wrote the music and lyrics for "I'm Just a Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABC Schoolhouse Rock! series, which was later transformed into the popular revue Schoolhouse Rock Live. For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street", a song that describes how the stock market works, and "$7.50 Once a Week", a song about saving money and balancing a budget.
He wrote "Van Lingle Mungo", a novelty song consisting solely of the names of Major League Baseball players.
Peel me a grape jazz guitar piano cover dave frishberg
Biography
Frishberg resisted learning classical piano as a boy, developing an interest in blues and boogie-woogie by listening to recordings by Pete Johnson and Jay McShann. As a teenager he played in the house band at the Flame in St. Paul where Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Hodges appeared. After graduating from the University of Minnesota as a journalism major in 1955, Frishberg spent two years in the Air Force.
In 1957, Frishberg moved to New York City, where he played solo piano at the Duplex in Greenwich Village. He first became known for his work with Carmen McRae, Ben Webster, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims. Later he was celebrated for writing and performing his own, frequently humorous, songs, including favorites "I'm Hip" (lyrics only, in collaboration with Bob Dorough ), "Blizzard of Lies", "My Attorney Bernie" (his most famous), "Do You Miss New York", "Peel Me a Grape", "Quality Time", "Slappin' the Cakes on Me", and "Van Lingle Mungo", the lyrics of which entirely consist of the names of old-time baseball players.
Frishberg cites songwriter Frank Loesser as an influence, and has said that Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", along with Willie Nelson's "Crazy", are songs he wished he had written. Like Loesser before him, Frishberg has also worked strictly as a lyricist on a number of occasions; his collaborators include Johnny Mandel, Alan Broadbent, Al Cohn, Blossom Dearie, David Shire, Julius Wechter, Dan Barrett, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Dorough, Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges.
Frishberg was the co-recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song in 1981, having written the lyric to "Baby Talk" from the Burt Reynolds comedy film Paternity.
Dave Frishberg is a longtime baseball fan, having been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 1984. In addition to the "Van Lingle Mungo" song, he also wrote a tribute to an early 20th century pitching great, "Matty", which was included along with "Play Ball" and several other tunes with references to baseball in their lyrics in a 1994 CD, Quality Time.
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As a soloist
With Jim Goodwin
With Rebecca Kilgore