Jerry Fielding

Jerry Fielding

American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer
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Joshua Itzhak Feldman (June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980), known professionally as Jerry Fielding, was an American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer who emerged in the 1960s after a decade on the blacklist to create boldly diverse and evocative Oscar-nominated scores, primarily for gritty, often brutally savage, films in western and crime action genres, including the Sam Peckinpah movies The Wild Bunch (1969) and Straw Dogs (1971).

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Jerry Fielding was born on Saturday, 17 June 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was best known as a musician. Fielding's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Sunday, 17 February 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 57. His religion is listed as Jewish. His zodiac star sign was Gemini.

You can find people similar to Jerry Fielding by visiting our lists American male jazz musicians and 20th-century American male musicians.

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17 February 1980
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Radio, record, film and television composer, conductor, bandleader and musical director
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Jerry Fielding is known for his role in the TV series Homecoming (2018) as writer - 1 episode.

He is also known for his role in the TV series Edición Especial Coleccionista (2010) as in memory of - 1 episode.

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