Background
He was born in Passaic, New Jersey and raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
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Shep Meyers
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Education
His career started when he moved to New York and studied in the Manhattan School of Music.
Career
Who lived in San Diego, California from 1977. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and many others He backed singer Julie London 7 nights a week as well as jazz vocalists Anita O"Day, Billy Daniels, Peggy Lee, and Eleonor England, among others
He served as conductor for the bands of comedians Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Redd Foxx, and Henny Youngman, and Johnny Carson during his residency at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
He has played with instrumentalists Woody Herman, Billy Daniels, Coleman Hawkins, Art Pepper, Conte Candoli, and others He died of a stroke on July 18, 2009.
He was arranger and conductor for over 500 radio and television commercials, and arranger for the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra. In 1986 he began playing a residency playing jazz piano in the Croce’s restaurant and bar, run by Ingrid Croce.
From 1986 to his death in 2009 he had a residency there on Tuesday nights, leading a trio or quartet, with only a two-month hiatus during the 23 years.
During this time, Shep played other venues including the Hotel del Coronado, L"Auberge, the Loews Coronado, and others Shep has three albums, one of them a solo: Cornerstones featuring the Shep Meyers Quartet and the late saxophonist Jay Migliori, and The 23rd August 2009 a memorial concert was held at Croce’s Restaurant and Bar, where artists like Daniel Jackson, Mike Wofford, Bob Magnusson and Dave Curtis among others played. Shep Meyers was wed to Janis and had a son, Benjy, which is now a High School soccer coach.
Ella Fitzgerald Eleonor England Woody Herman George Burns Terry Gibbs.
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Nationality
United States