Jack Nitzsche

Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (/ˈni/ NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" with Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Jack Nitzsche
Background information
Birth nameBernard Alfred Nitzsche
Born(1937-04-22)April 22, 1937
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 25, 2000(2000-08-25) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, orchestrator, arranger, session musician, record producer
Instrument(s)Piano, organ, vocals, saxophone
Years active1955–1998
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