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Vic Glazer
After leaving North Texas State Univ. in 1965, I moved to L.A. where, after a short time, I started getting better and more influential gigs--both as a player and as an arranger. I took a gig conducting and arranging for Frankie Avalon in the early 70's and was lucky enouth to be noticed in that part of the business. I left Frank after twelve years and started working with Debbie Reynolds with whom I also stayed a long time. In between gigs with her, I was able to accept gigs with other famous and not-so-famous singers for many more years. However, during all that time, I still managed to keep up my "jazz" chops as much as I could. After all, I didn't want that North Texas State education to go to waste. I learned so much there and played such good jazz, that I needed to keep up my chops.
When time allows, I have a trio here that I really think makes very good music, and, we are recognized by our peers as a trio to listen to. Alas, local jazz groups here, and I suspect around the country, find it difficult to make a living from playing jazz. So.......I do what I do.