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Dale Dixon Oehler (born 1 October 1941) is primarily known as an arranger. His style contributed to the success of much of the music he was involved with over his career. Leonard Feather once described Oehler, in his ''Los Angeles Times'' Jazz column, as "an adaptable writer".〔''Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies'', by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler with Introduction by Quincy Jones; pg 258〕 Oehler was able to fuse various elements to enhance several genre of music he worked on, including jazz, pop, country, R&B or easy listening. His credits include artists such as Marvin Gaye, Freddie Hubbard, Joni Mitchell and Andre Kostelanetz. ==Early career== His early childhood was influenced by his father, Ray Dixon Oehler, and his mother, Ann, whose love of music was inspiring. Ray, who played under the professional name of Ray Dixon, played piano with Ray Anthony, Jimmy Dorsey, Barrett Deems and Sidney Bechet. Some of his father's other associates were Jimmy Raney and Al Haig. (One of Dale’s early memories was sitting on a barstool singing Dizzy Gillespie’s "Salt Peanuts" for them.) In his early childhood, Dale received formal piano training in the Classics. His father encouraged the awareness of classical music during Sunday sessions listening to radio broadcast concerts featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as well as recordings by Vladimir Horowitz and Walter Gieseking. While in his teens, Oehler started playing jazz gigs in the Springfield, Illinois area after he discovered his love of Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He later played at clubs in the Chicago area while attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It was then that he became aware of Gil Evans' work with Miles Davis which became a lifelong influence. After graduation he went to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to play with J.R. Monterose at the Tender Trap. Other notables that came through the club were Al Jarreau, Dave Sanborn, Freddie Waits and Cecil McBee. He segued from playing in Cedar Rapids to attending the University of Iowa at Iowa City where he pursued his master's degree in Composition and was able to establish the first Jazz Program at that university. While going to school, he represented the University of Iowa at the University of Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1965 where he received Best Arranger and Best Pianist awards, as judged by Quincy Jones and Clark Terry. Oehler also played on, what has now become, a collector’s item, J.R. Monterose (Studio 4 Records, 1964). While at the University of Iowa, he arranged his first professional record for Bugsy Maugh (Dot Records, 1968), which received a Grammy Award nomination the following year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dale Oehler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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