Hearing Neal Hefti: Forever in Time, a newly released double-CD from the U.K.'s Jasmine label, reminded me how superb Hefti was in the 1950s as a composer, arranger and conductor of his own studio ...

Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died. He was 85. By Associated Press Neal Hefti, a Big Band ...

Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Woody Herman and Count Basie and later composed the memorable themes for the movie “The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV ...

The 1966 Batman television show is remembered for many things, including its iconic theme song. While the lyrics were just one word, the “Batman Theme” composer said he had difficulty writing the ...

Neal Hefti, a top jazz arranger of the 1940s and ’50s and Grammy-winning composer of the “Batman” and “Odd Couple” themes, died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 85. Hefti composed ...

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Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died in Los Angeles. He was 85. His son Paul Hefti says his ...