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Zentner played in the bands of Les Brown, Harry James, and Jimmy Dorsey in the 1940s, then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a studio musician. He also landed a job with MGM from 1949 to the mid-50s, and was involved in the music for films such as Singin' in the Rain and A Star Is Born .
May 19, 2016 · Zentner's orchestra was a latter-day big band if there ever was one, having been formed as late as 1957. Before that, the trombonist had worked with several name bands, including Abe Lyman, Harry James, Les Brown, and Jimmy Dorsey, and had spent some time as a studio musician at MGM.
Feb 3, 2000 · Born Simon Hugh Zentner in Brooklyn, N.Y., he played with the big bands of Les Brown, Harry James and Jimmy Dorsey. Then Zentner settled in Los Angeles as a studio musician for MGM until he...
Zentner played in the bands of Les Brown, Harry James, and Jimmy Dorsey in the 1940s, then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a studio musician. He also landed a job with MGM from 1949 to the mid-50s, and was involved in the music for films such as Singin' in the Rain and A Star Is Born .
Feb 2, 2000 · Si Zentner, who performed with the Les Brown, Jimmy Dorsey and MGM Studios orchestras and later as a bandleader and musician won two Grammy awards, died Sunday of leukemia at the University ...
Simon Hugh Zentner was an American jazz trombonist and big-band leader. Zentner played in the bands of Les Brown, Harry James, and Jimmy Dorsey in the 1940s, then moved to Los Angeles,...
His band won 13 straight Downbeat polls as best big band and Zentner himself was picked as the top trombonist in Playboy's Jazz Reader's Poll. In 1961, a Bob Florence-arranged twist version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Up a Lazy River" reached the top 40 pop charts, won the Grammy Award as Best Instrumental Number, and became his signature tune.
