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Irving Fields

"I am never happier than when I am pleasing people with my music." Irving Fields

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About Irving Fields

Name: Isadore Schwartz

DOB: August 4, 1915

Place of birth: New York, Lower East Side

Currently resides in: New York, Central Park South

Education: Eastman School of Music, Masters Institute

Family: Ruth (wife), Kissy and Huggy (Shih Tzus)

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Stage name(s): Irving Fields, Campos el Pianista

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Career Highlights

Background in music:

Instruments: piano, acoustic bass

How he got his start: At the age of 15, he won the Fred Allen Radio Amateur Hour and was given a week engagement at the Roxy Theater.

Big break:

Musical icons/influences:

Best known for:

Awards: Arts for the Aging's 2008 Lolo Sarnoff Award for Outstanding Vision and Creativity

Current projects: Irving currently plays from Tuesday through Sunday at Nino's Tuscany located at 117 W 58th St.

Biography: "The Pianos I Have Known" the autobiography of Irving Fields as told to Tony Sachs, published by Roman Midnight Music, July 2012, available http://www.lulu.com/aronmatyas

Cultural Impact
The pioneer of fusing Latin rhythms with ethnic music. A lounge piano icon, with a career spanning over 75 years.

Trivia		Quotes
He has recorded over 80 albums. He was signed to RCA as the Irving Campos Trio. Campos means "Fields" in Spanish. He performed at the Park Sheraton for 16 years. He wrote campaign songs for Ronald Reagan, George Bush (Sr), Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, and George Pataki. He was the youngest finalist of the Fred Allen Radio Amateur Hour		By Irving Fields: With a sense of humor, you’ll never get ulcers You have to be the first to say hello, with a smile on your face and a friendly glow. Never make a decision while intoxicated. Whatever you have to do, do it now. Don’t wait.

Contemporaries / Similar Artists

Famous Gigs

Xavier Cugat
Guy Lombardo
Sarah Vaughan

Xavier Cugat

Carnegie Hall - New York City
Taj Mahal - Bombay, India
The Copacabana - New York City

The Lounge

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Bas Sheva

iiankayesings1 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:01:37 CST

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About Bas Sheva
Bernice Kanefsky

DOB: July 25, 1925

Place of birth: Philadelphia, USA

Currently resides in: ---

Education: ---

Family: ---
Father: Cantor Joseph Kanefsky
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Stage name(s): Bas Sheva

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Vocalist Bas Sheva was born Bernice Kanefsky to a prominent Jewish family in Philadelphia. When Bernice decided to go into show business she adopted the name "Bas Sheva" (i.e., the Biblical "Bathsheba"). She formally studied the voice and developed an extremely powerful instrument with extraordinary dexterity, and probably got her start singing in the so-called "Borscht Belt" of Catskill Mountains resorts. Her recording career began around 1950 with a small number of obscure singles of standards, none of which sparked much interest. In 1953 Bas Sheva was engaged by bandleader Hal Mooney as the principal voice on Soul of a People, a collection of traditional Jewish songs issued by Capitol. This was a very successful disc in the Jewish market, and Bas Sheva's brassy, no holds barred delivery of this familiar material was an important element in making Soul of a People appealing. Nonetheless, Bas Sheva did not record again for another five years, and she may have felt somewhat typecast as a primarily Jewish entertainer. Composer and Capitol Records producer Les Baxter came to her rescue by offering Bas Sheva the role of star vocalist on his suite The Passions. Bas Sheva's performance on The Passions is quite amazing even 50 years on; she screams, wails, whimpers, howls, grunts, and even acts a little to the pulsating rhythms of Baxter's dark, gritty, and complex musical score. While The Passions was the very embodiment of innovation in an era that encouraged musicians to stretch out, it was considered far too edgy, obscure, and over the top in its time and was not a success. Despite this great showcase of all the astounding things Bas Sheva could do with her voice, she was never to record again. In 1960 Bas Sheva died at age 34 from a diabetic reaction suffered while entertaining on board a cruise ship.

Career Highlights
Background in music: Born into a Jewish family and grew up practising Jewish liturgical singing. Instruments: Voice How she got her start: --- Big break: Bas Sheva collaborated with Harold Mooney in 1953 on Soul of a People, a collection of Hebraic chants backed by Mooney's orchestral arrangements. Musical icons/influences:	Best known for: Her haunting and emotional voice in The Passions Awards: --- Current projects: None.

Cultural Impact
With the haunting instrument of her voice, Bas Sheva surpasses the music of her time. She follows the spirit of human emotion and expresses each of these from despair to anger, from ecstacy to sheer lust in The Passions, using her liturgy-trained voice to remind generations to come what the human heart is capable of. ---	The Passions

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Bas Sheva was born as Bernice Kanefsky. .She sang at concerts and weddings etc. with her father Cantor joseph kanefsky since childhood..She
was billed as bas Sheva Kanefsky for bas Sheva was her Hebrew name.
When she married Al hausman( Pianist ,Music arranger) she started
her professional singing carreer.The vocal arraingements for the
six cantorial chants was taught to her by her father.Her husband Al
did the music araingements,Mr harold Mooney did the Orchestral
arangements based on Al Hausmans music concepts.
Cantor Joseph(yosele) Kanefsky recorded for Folkways records
these recordings are still available on the internet.
Cantor Ian Kaye (Kanefsky) brother of Bas Sheva.

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"Rarely has an artist put out such little material that spans the whole spectrum of our existence. In the case of the singer Bas Sheva this is certainly evident." -Mark Hausman

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Chava Alberstein
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Irving Fields Discography

aronmatyas — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:47:26 CST

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Discography

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Albums

	Artist: Irving Fields Trio Title: Bagels & Bongos Year: 1959/2005 Label: Decca/Reboot Stereophonic
	Artist: Irving Fields Trio Title: My Yiddishe Mama's Favorites Year: 2007 Label: Tzadik
	Artist: Irving Fields Trio Title: That Latin Beat (for dancing feet) Year: Label: Vox
	Artist: Irving Fields Trio Title: More Bagels & Bongos Year: 1960/2009 (reissue) Label: Decca/Roman Midnight Music (reissue)
	Artist: Irving Fields Title: Novelty Songs EP Year: 2010 Label: Roman Midnight Music

Collaborations:

Socalled - "Ich Bin a Border by Mayn Vayb" feat. Irving Fields, from Ghettoblaster (JDub Records)

Other Credits:

Composer:

"Miami Beach Rhumba": Performed by Xavier Cugat
"Chantez, Chantez" which was covered by Dinah Shore
"Take Her To Jamaica"
"Cha Cha Cha No. 29"
"Youtube.com (unofficial) Theme Song"
"Obama Does The Samba With Hillary"
"I Love New York"

Appearances:

The View
"Live" with Regis Philbin
Ed Sullivan Show
Milton Berle Show
Kate Smith Show
Jackie Gleason Show
Eddie Cantor Show

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denkiva — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:36:12 CST

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March 2009

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Jews on Vinyl exhibition at the CJM
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Boston Jewish Music Festival

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Jews on Vinyl exhibition at the CJM
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Jews on Vinyl LIVE at the CJM. Featuring Johnny Yune and Irving Fields

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aronmatyas — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:08:38 CST

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1910s
August 4, 1915 (Isadore Schwartz) Irving Fields is born.

1920s
1923 Irving Fields starts piano lessons. 1928 Irving Fields plays his first professional lounge gig at 13.

1930s
1930 Irving wins the Fred Allen Radio Amateur Hour at the age of 15. 1932 Irving gets his first major gig as a piano player on a cruise ship to Havana and San Juan.

1940s
1941 Irving Fields drafted into the army, joins Special Services as an entertainer. 1946 Irving Fields releases first Jewish-Latin fusion hit, “Miami Beach Rumba,” on RCA Victor.

1950s
1959 Bagels and Bongos released on Decca.

1960s
1960 More Bagels & Bongos released on Decca

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s
2006 Irving Fields releases new music John Zorn’s Tzadik Records label. October 4, 2008 Irving Fields wins the Arts for the Aging's 2008 Lolo Sarnoff Award for Outstanding Vision and Creativity. 2008 Irving Fields becomes famous for the Youtube.com (unofficial) theme song, which he writes in 15 minutes while the youtube video receives over 800,000 views. 2009 More Bagels & Bongos reissued by Roman Midnight Music, under the creative direction of Irving.

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