Marty Jabara

Bio

MARTY JABARA is a pianist, percussionist, composer, producer, musical director, arranger, songwriter and
studio musician and lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is a member of ASCAP, GEMA, NARAS and CostCo. He loves to eat and is not a bad cook.

Live Performance / Studio
Carl Anderson Franziska Ball Joanne Bell Jim Belushi Kevin Brandon Angela Carole Brown Jason Robert Brown Claude Bolling Carol Burnett George Burns Debra Byrd Sammy Cahn Vinnie Colaiuta Billy Childs Stanley Clarke Natalie Cole Phil Collins Lynn Coulter Randy Crenshaw Billy Daniels Billy Davis, Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. Plácido Domingo Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Martin Ernst Victor Feldman Tovah Feldshuh Allen Fitzpatrick Bruce Fowler Robert Guillaume Corky Hale Lani Hall Niki Haris Sam Harris Richie Havens Edwin Hawkins, Jr. Marilu Henner Sean Holt Bob Hope Linda Hopkins Brian D'Arcy James Jeffrey Kahane Robbie Krieger Robert Kyle Cleo Laine Steve Lawrence	Ronnie Laws Jerry Lewis Yo-Yo Ma Henry Mancini Barry Manilow Frank Marrocco Amanda McBroom Marilyn McCoo Bette Midler Anna Montanaro Rita Moreno Barbara Morrison Mortonette Megan Mullally Mark Murphy Bill Murray Marni Nixon Helen O'Connell Donald O'Connor Catherine O'Hara Tonya Pinkins Greg Poree Don Preston Bonnie Raitt John Raitt Lou Rawls Dianne Reeves Joan Rivers Jan Roper Paul Rodriguez John Rubinstein Boz Scaggs Robin Skye Lea Solanga Paul Sorvino Richard Stolzman Yma Sumac Ron Taylor DeBorah Sharpe Taylor Ron Townsend Tracy Ullman Jerry Vale Jennifer Leigh Warren Maxine Weldon Brian Wilson Queen Yahna
Marty was born and raised in southern Michigan.
Television / Cable	Film
America's Most Wanted Anamaniacs Bob Hope Superbowl Special Captain Planet Ich Tarzan, Du Jane Knight Rider Murder, She Wrote Northern Exposure Playboy Channel Hot List Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour The Simpsons Tracey Ullman Show Yogi Bear Show	Braveheart Bugs Bunny in Carrotblanca Critters Extremities Fatal Instinct Higher Learning Little Big League McHale's Navy Mighty Ducks II Newsies Brave Little Toaster Oliver & Company Panther
…started piano lessons at age 4, fell into the lake at 5, played piano for his school assembly at 6.
Jingles	Ensembles
ABC Sports AM/PM Market Bain de Soleil Disneyland / Disney World Eveready Energizer Ford Holiday Inn KFC Levis 501 Jeans Los Angeles Rams National Football League University of Southern California	Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Opera Opera Pacific Dance Theatre of Harlem Long Beach Civic Light Opera Long Beach Symphony New West Symphony Pacific Symphony Pasadena Chamber Orchestra Pasadena Symphony Roger Wagner Chorale William Hall Chorale
…won a full scholarship to the University of Michigan Music School playing the marimba.
Conductors
Simon Rattle Michael Tilson Thomas Henry Mancini Loren Maazel John Mauceri
…practices yoga and jogs regularly, but was terrible at sports as a child.

Noteworthy Performances
Dallas (with Joan Collins) Grand Canyon (with Steve Martin, Danny Glover) Seinfeld The Hours (with Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Juliette Moore) Academy Awards Emmy Awards Playboy Mansion Superbowl XVII	wrap party premiere wrap party premiere after party after party birthday party halftime, postgame party
…drove across the country to Los Angeles in a van at age 20 to attend U.S.C. and eat Mexican food.
Private Parties
Madonna Arnold Schwarzenegger Elizabeth Taylor Elton John Dustin Hoffman Clint Eastwood Hugh Hefner President Bill Clinton President George Bush President Ronald Reagan Michael Ovitz Aaron Spelling Jerry Perenchio Leonard Goldberg Terry Semel Bob Daly
…is a licensed psychotherapist and workshop leader.
Theatre

SHOW

VENUE

FEATURING

Could It Be Magic
Damn Yankees
Der geschenkte Gaul
Die kleine französische Meerjungfrau
Forever Plaid
From the Top
Hildegard Knef - eine Femmage
Ich war noch niemals in New York
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
King of Jazz: Satchmo

Lion King (Der König der Löwen)
Man of La Mancha
Marilyn-Das Musical
'Ne Dame werd' ich nie
Oh Happy Day!
Oklahoma
Porgy and Bess
Play It Again, Ray
Tarzan
Teñoritas
Urinetown
Wild Women Blues

Mercury Theatre, Chicago
Orange County Perf. Arts Center
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Germany, Austria
Canon Theater, Beverly Hills, CA
Long Beach Civic Light Opera
Germany, Austria
Operettenhaus, Hamburg
Los Angeles Theatre Center
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Theater im Hafen, Hamburg
Long Beach Civic Light Opera
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
Kammertheater Karlsruhe
Germany, Austria
University of Southern California
Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Neue Flora Theater, Hamburg
Hamburg, Berlin, Köln
Matrix Theater, Los Angeles
Berlin, Paris, Hamburg, Lisbon, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Vienna, Ljubljana, Munich

Barry Manilow
Jerry Lewis
Franziska Ball
Franziska Ball

Carol Burnett
Franziska Ball
Udo Jurgens
Ron Taylor, DeBorah Taylor
Alvin LeBass

Jessica Mears, Willi Welp
Peisha McFee
Anna Montanaro
Franziska Ball
Joanne Bell, Queen Yahna
Levar Burton
Los Angeles Opera
Ron Williams
Anton Zetterholm, Elizabeth Hübert
Ilona Nymoen, Anna Bolk
John Rubinstein
Linda Hopkins, Maxine Weldon,
Mortonette

…is proud of his delightful daughter Zan who is living and working in New York City.

CD Producer

The Source
Chansons d'amour fou
Hildegard Knef - eine Femmage
King of Jazz: Satchmo
Wild Women Blues

Original songs
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Soundtrack

2009
2009
2009
2004
2000

…has donated over 10 gallons of blood to the Red Cross and hasn’t missed a day of flossing since age 21.

Miscellaneous Credits

Along with Dr. Robert Reiher, Ph.D., Jabara is the co-founder of Brain Symphony, a consulting firm and media product
company that combines musical metaphors with contemporary brain research to guide progressive members of the
business community toward fulfillment in their personal, professional and family lives.

NBC Nightly News profiled Jabara and Dr. Susumo Ohno, co-authors of a research paper presented to the Nobel
Academy in Stockholm In 1985 exploring the relationship between genetic structure and music. This project was
published in Molecular Evolution of Life (Cambridge University Press, 1986)

Jabara performed the world premiere of Concerto for Strings and Percussion by Boris Pillin with the Pasadena Chamber
Orchestra.

…is the godfather to a 8-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy living in Ghana.

Education

University of Michigan School of Music
University of Southern California - B.A., Music Performance
Dick Grove School of Music - Certification in Composing, Arranging and Film Scoring
Pacific Oaks College - M.A., Psychology