Bob Alcivar
Encyclopedia
Bob Alcivar is an American
music producer, composer
, conductor
and keyboard
player. He is the father of rock
keyboard player Jim Alcivar
(Montrose
, Gamma
).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
music producer, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player. He is the father of rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
keyboard player Jim Alcivar
Jim Alcivar
Jim Alcivar is an American keyboard and synthesizer player and sound engineer. He is most noted for his connection to guitarist Ronnie Montrose and appearing in his bands Montrose and Gamma and on his first solo album Open Fire. His father is composer, arranger and producer Bob Alcivar.-Discography...
(Montrose
Montrose (band)
Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar...
, Gamma
Gamma (band)
Gamma was a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison in San Francisco in 1979. They released four albums: Gamma 1 in 1979, Gamma 2 in 1980, Gamma 3 in 1982 and Gamma 4 in 2000...
).
Discography
- The Signatures - Their Voices and Instruments (1957) bass, arranger, vocals
- The Signatures - Sing In (1958)
- The Signatures - Prepare to Flip! (1959)
- Julie LondonJulie LondonJulie London was an American singer and actress. She was best known for her smoky, sensual voice. London was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years...
- Around MidnightAround Midnight-References:...
(1960) - composer - The New Christy Minstrels - The Wandering Minstrels (1965) - vocal arrangement
- The New Christy Minstrels - New Kick! (1966) arranger, director
- The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969) - arranger
- The AssociationThe AssociationThe Association is a pop music band from California in the folk rock or soft rock genre. During the 1960s, they had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts and were the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival...
- The Association (1969) - arranger - The CarnivalJanis Hansen (singer)Janis S. Hansen is an American singer, producer and writer.-Early career:Hansen joined Lani Hall as one of the singers in the group Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66...
- The Carnival (1969) - arranger - Seals & Crofts - Seals & CroftsSeals & Crofts (album)Seals & Crofts is the pop/folk duo's eponymous debut.-Track listing:All songs written by Jim Seals unless otherwise indicated.#"See My Life"#"Sea of Consciousness"#"Seldom's Sister"#"Not Be Found"#"Birthday of My Thoughts"#"In Tune"...
(1970) - producer - The 5th Dimension - Portrait (1970) - arranger
- Sérgio MendesSergio MendesSérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
& Brasil '77 - Love Music (1973) - arranger, keyboards, vocals - Tim WeisbergTim WeisbergTim Weisberg is an American jazz/rock fusion flutist, composer, producer, and vocalist. In high school, at his first music class, because his last name was at the end of the alphabet, he was last to pick an instrument. All that was left was the flute and the bassoon...
- Dreamspeaker - (1974) - arranger - Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
- The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) - arranger - The 5th Dimension - Soul & Inspiration - (1974) - arranger
- Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 - Vintage 74 - (1974) - vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangement
- Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 - Sérgio Mendes - (1975) vocal arrangement
- Montrose - Jump On ItJump on It (Montrose album)Jump on It is the fourth album by the band Montrose.It is the second Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar, and features bassist Randy Jo Hobbs on three songs. The remainder of the bass tones were supplied by Jim Alcivar via the keyboard and there was no bassist on...
(1976) - string arrangement - Bette MidlerBette MidlerBette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
- Broken BlossomBroken BlossomBroken Blossom is the fourth studio album by American singer Bette Midler, her second album release in 1977 and her fifth on the Atlantic Records label...
- (1977) - arranger on "I Never Talk To Strangers" (duet with Tom Waits) - Bruce JohnstonBruce JohnstonBruce Arthur Johnston is a member of The Beach Boys and a songwriter, remembered especially for composing "I Write the Songs". Johnston was not one of the original members of the band...
- Going PublicGoing Public (album)Going Public is Beach Boys member Bruce Johnston's third and final solo album, and the only one recorded after becoming a member of the band...
(1977) - horn arrangement, string arrangement - Tim Weisberg - Live at Last (1977) - producer
- Marilyn McCooMarilyn McCooMarilyn McCoo is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series Solid Gold...
& Billy Davis, Jr.Billy Davis, Jr.Billy Davis, Jr. is an American musician, best known as a member of The 5th Dimension. Along with his wife, Marilyn McCoo, he had hit records during 1976 and 1977 with "I Hope We Get to Love in Time", "Your Love", and "You Don't Have to Be a Star "...
- The Two of Us (1977) - keyboards - Ronnie MontroseRonnie MontroseRonnie Montrose, is an Amercian rock guitarist who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, The Beau Brummels, Boz Scaggs, Beaver & Krause, Gary Wright, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Dan Hartman, Edgar...
- Open FireOpen Fire (Ronnie Montrose album)Open Fire was the first instrumental album from Ronnie Montrose which explored jazz, rock and acoustic concepts in the vein of Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck. Ronnie dropped hints in previous Montrose albums that he was heading in this direction. Songs like "Whaler" and "One And a Half" from Warner...
(1978) - orchestra arrangement, conductor - Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (1978) - orchestra
- Tom Waits - Heartattack and VineHeartattack and VineHeartattack and Vine was Tom Waits' last album on the Asylum label, released in September 1980.Bruce Springsteen covered "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows throughout the 1980s."On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name....
(1980) - string arrangement, orchestral arrangement, conductor - Seals & Crofts - Longest Road (1980) - string arrangement
- Tom Waits - One from the HeartOne from the Heart (album)One from the Heart is a soundtrack album of Tom Waits compositions for the Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. It was recorded from October 1980 to September 1981, and released in February 1982...
(1982) - pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, orchestral arrangement, conductor - Ceremony - Hang Out Your Poetry (1993) - arranger, string arrangement
- Jazz at the Movies Band - One from the Heart: Sax at the Movies II (1994) - arranger, conductor
- Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
- Symphonic Sounds: The Music of Beach Boys (1998) - conductor, orchestral arrangement - Jazz at the Movies - The Bedroom Mixes (2000) - arranger
- Bob Alcivar - Bahai Prayers - (2000)
Film
- Butterflies Are FreeButterflies Are FreeButterflies Are Free is a 1972 film based on a play by Leonard Gershe. The 1972 film was produced by M.J. Frankovich, released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Milton Katselas and adapted for the screen by Gershe. It was released on 6 July, 1972 in the USA.Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert starred...
(1972) - The Crazy World of Julius VrooderThe Crazy World of Julius VrooderThe Crazy World of Julius Vrooder is a 1974 film from Playboy Enterprises directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Hugh Hefner. This was the final film for actor George Marshall.-Plot:...
(1974) - Olly, Olly, Oxen FreeOlly Olly Oxen Free (film)Olly, Olly, Oxen Free is a 1978 American black comedy film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Katharine Hepburn. The screenplay by Eugene Poinc is based on a story by Poinc, Colla, and Maria L. de Ossio...
(1978) - One From the HeartOne from the HeartOne from the Heart is a 1982 musical film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The characters themselves do not actually sing but the powerful score dominates the movie. It is set entirely in Las Vegas, on the Las Vegas Strip and the desert surrounding the city...
(1982) - HystericalHysterical (1983 film)Hysterical is a 1983 film from Embassy Pictures that was intended to spoof the horror movies that were abundant at the time. Not to be confused with the The Hudson Brothers star in this movie.-Synopsis:...
(1983) - That Secret Sunday (TV) (1986)
- Blind Witness (TV) (1999)
- Naked Lie [TV] (1989)
- Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer [TV] (1989)
- Sparks: The Price of Passion [TV] (1990)
- Deadly Medicine [TV] (1991)
External links
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