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-	RIP [[Franciszek Starowieyski]] (1930 - 2009)	+
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-	Here[http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Franciszek%20Starowieyski&w=all] is a fair collection of his work on Flickr.	+
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-	I've previously reported on the [[Polish film poster]][http://jahsonic.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/the-tropes-of-the-polish-film-poster/].	+
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-	'''Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski''' (born [[July 8]], [[1930]] in [[Bratkówka]], [[Poland]], died [[February 23]], [[2009]]), was a [[Poland|Polish]] artist. From [[1949]] to [[1955]] he studied at [[Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Cracow]] and [[Warsaw]]. He specialized in [[poster]], drawing, painting, [[stage design]]ing, and [[book illustration]]. He was a member of [[Alliance Graphique International|Alliance Graphique International (AGI)]].	+
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-	[[Fred Katz]] @90	+
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-	[[American composer]], songwriter, conductor, cellist, and professor.	+
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-	<nowiki>[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrFE1NMtgAs&]</nowiki>	+
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-	He plays the cello on [[gay anthem]] [[jazz standard]] "[[My Funny Valentine]]" with the [[Chico Hamilton]] band.	+
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-	And here supposedly his own compostion "[[Satan Wears a Satin Gown]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDNZXcPoM8] in a composition sung by [[Frankie Laine]].	+
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-	'''Fred Katz''' (born [[February 25]], [[1919]]) is an [[American composer]], songwriter, conductor, [[cello|cellist]], and professor, perhaps best-known as the composer and lyricist of "[[Satan Wears a Satin Gown]]".	+
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-	Katz was classically trained at the cello and [[piano]] and began his career in a number of [[Classical music|classical]] and [[Swing (genre)|swing]] orchestras. In the early [[1950s]], Katz accompanied singers such as [[Lena Horne]], [[Tony Bennett]] and [[Frankie Laine]]. From [[1955]] through [[1958]], he was a member of the [[Chico Hamilton]] Quintet. He also recorded several solo albums such as ''Folk Songs for Far Out Folk''[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25839] labels including [[Pacific Jazz Records|Pacific Jazz]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], and [[Decca Records]].	+
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-	In the late 1950s and [[1960s]], Katz scored a number of films for [[Roger Corman]], including ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'', ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'', ''[[Creature from the Haunted Sea]]'' and ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]''. He also composed a number of pieces of classical music. Katz went on to become a professor of [[cultural anthropology]] at the [[University of San Fernando]], specializing in [[ethnic music]].	+
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-	His cello can also be heard on [[Ken Nordine]]'s ''[[Word Jazz]]'' projects, on [[Dorothy Ashby]]'s ''[[The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby]]'', and [[Billy Bean (musician)|Billy Bean]]'s ''[[Makin' It]]''.	+
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