Buddy Bregman, a West Coast big-band arranger who could write with sensitivity and swing, and spent much of his career orchestrating music for leading jazz-pop singers, television and the movies, died Jan. 8. He was 86 and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Bregman was a nephew of songwriter Jule Styne, which is how he managed to record Gypsy w…
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