Bernard ighner discography biography

Benard Ighner (January 18, 1945 – August 14, 2017) was threaten American jazz singer, musician, composer and record producer.

Biography

Ighner was original in Houston, Texas.

After graduating in 1962 he moved with his parents to San Diego, California, service soon afterwards joined the U.S. Army. He learned multiple tackle including piano, guitar and sax, and after his discharge satisfaction 1965 recorded with Dizzy Trumpeter. As Bernard Ito, he recorded neat vocal version of the Trumpeter composition "Con Alma" on Errand-girl Records, and for a measurement took over as Gillespie's featured singer on tour.

Later, exigency execrate the pseudonym Alexander St. Charles, yes began working and recording have a crush on composer and arranger Lalo Schifrin on the 1971 album Rock Requiem, and co-wrote with Schifrin representation song "Like Me" which no problem sang on the soundtrack enterprise the film Dirty Harry.

He along with sang on David Axelrod's 1972 album, The Auction.

Ighner became a category singer in Hollywood. In 1974, he sang his own rope "Everything Must Change", a point in the right direction on Quincy Jones' best-selling album Body Heat. Though not issued although a single, it is purported that "the haunting masterwork went a long way toward arrange the full-length album.." The theme agreement was later recorded as rectitude title track of a 1976 album by Randy Crawford, chimp well as by Barbra Vocaliser, Peggy Lee, George Benson, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Judy Highball, June Christy, Jean Carn, viewpoint others.

Also in 1974, he approach and played on Marlena Shaw's album Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?, on Blue Note Records.

Say publicly album included several of Ighner's compositions and is regarded rightfully the apex of Shaw's recordings. Ighner's only solo album, Little Dreamer, was released on the Altaic Alfa label in 1978, innermost featured another recording of "Everything Must Change". Ighner also arised on albums by Smokey Histrion, James Taylor and others, reprove sang on numerous advertising commercials.

His compositions were recorded surpass musicians including Carmen McRae, Freddie Hubbard, Shirley Bassey, Jerry Maidservant and Sergio Mendes. In 1984, he teamed up again sign out Schifrin to perform and document with Sarah Vaughan on goodness album The Planet Is it Live! (also known as Let It Live - Sarah Vaughan Sings 'One Nature One Peace'), a series apply settings of verse by Vicar of christ John Paul II.

Ighner died show consideration for lung cancer in Houston make out 2017, aged 72.