Neal Hefti

(1922- ) born in Hastings, Adams County, lived in Omaha. Trumpet player, prominent composer-arranger in modern jazz, distinguished for causing the ascent to success of two of the most acclaimed bands in jazz history-the Woody Herman Orchestra and Count Basie Orchestra, wrote background music for Hollywood movies and for television, including "Batman", recipient of 1966 Grammy Award and several Emmy and Grammy nominations. Consult The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, Vol 2 (Arlington House, 1974) 1078-1079 and The New Republic, March 11, 1978, pp. 27-28, 30 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, April 21, 1985, p. 9.

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