Gene Dinovi

Composer, pianist, songwriter ("Nashville Blues"), conductor, arranger and actor, a music student of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jakob Gimpel, and Mario de Bonaventura. He was a pianist in the dance bands of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Buddy Rich, and he conducted and arranged for Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, and Tony Bennett. Joining ASCAP in 1960, his...