Formal baz
However, it eventually became clear that his piano playing could never seriously be regarded as an effective deterrent in military conflict, and so, leaving the army, he embarked on an extended series of back-to-back pop-music tours during the early years of the 'swinging' sixties'. |
It was at this time that he became musical director to the legendary Roy Orbison,
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a position he held for several years during which time he witnessed, at close hand, the awesome rise of Beatlemania and the equally awesome parties hosted by the fab four. |
Baz and Roy Orbison at the Diwaniam Indian restaurant
Having passed through this hooligan phase relatively unscathed, he began to work in other musical fields; theatre, television, film, radio, recording and commercial jingles, as pianist, conductor, composer, arranger and producer. |
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