Phil Moore (2)

American composer, pianist and orchestra leader.

Born February 20, 1918, Portland, Oregon, USA. Died May 13, 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA. Father of [a=Phil Moore III].

At a very young age he became a gifted pianist. After University he began to play with numerous West Coast bands in the Jazz scene. He invented the ‘block chord’ technique that was later modified and popularized by [a=Milt Buckner] and [a=George Shearing]. He appeared in movies and founded his own combo [a=Phil Moore Four]. After hiring by MGM he was in charge of the studio orchestras. He has composed, arranged and sung much famous show tunes and film scores. "Shoo Shoo Baby" is one of them. Worked, a.o. with [a=Frank Sinatra], [a=Marilyn Monroe] and [a=Lena Horne].