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Neal Hefti

United States • 1922-10-29 – 2008-10-11

Neal Hefti is credited on 5,753 releases across 1,444 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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5,753

Pressings credited

1,444

Albums

8

Decades active

345

In collections

Biography

Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts (musical arrangements) for Nat Towles. He composed and arranged while working as a trumpeter for Woody Herman providing the bandleader with versions of "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Blowin' Up a Storm" and composing "The Good Earth" and "Wild Root". He left Herman's band in 1946. Now concentrating on writing music only, he began an association with Count Basie in 1950. Hefti occasionally led his own bands.

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5,753 releases · 1,444 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 7,641
  • Other credits · 433
  • Production · 24
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios · Carnegie Hall · Capitol Studios

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