Rock Roll Renaissance Man Jack Nitzsche Dead at Sixty-three

Arranger/composer/producer Jack Nitzsche, best known for his work with the Rosetta Stones, Rosetta Stone V3 Neil Young, Phil Spector and Sonny Bono, died Friday of cardiac arrest, brought on by a recurring bronchial infection, at Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood, Calif.; he was sixty-three. Born Bernard Alfred Nitzsche in Chicago in 1937 and raised on a farm outside of Newaygo, Mich., Nitzsche relocated to California in the mid-Fifties, after reading an ad in Downbeat magazine for the Westlake School of Music, in the hopes of studying there to become a jazz saxophonist. After quitting music school, he landed a job as a music copyist at Specialty Records. There he met Sonny Bono, then the chief of A R at the record label, who encouraged him in his early attempts at songwriting. Nitzsche co-wrote "Needles and Pins" with Bono in 1962, a hit for both Jackie DeShannon and the Searchers; the songs strummed guitar is considered by many to be the archetype of the folk rock sound.As Nitzsches reputation grew, he was recommended to Phil Spector, who had moved his recording operations to Los Angeles in 1962. Nitzsche became Spectors first-choice arranger, Cheap Rosetta Stone Software and by extension, one of the architects behind Spectors Wall of Sound, working on classic releases by the Crystals, Ike and Tina Turner, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers.After befriending the Rosetta Stones in 1964, Nitzsche started leaving his touch on their work as well, playing keyboards and percussion on their early recordings. His collaborations with the Stones include "(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction" and "Paint It Black."From there, Nitzsche worked with a succession of musicians, including Tim Buckley, Doris Day, Marianne Faithfull, the Byrds, the Monkees and Buffalo Springfield. His work with Buffalo Springfield ("Expecting to Fly") and subsequent friendship with Neil Young led to Young recruiting him as not only a producer but also a touring member of Crazy Horse, for whom he wrote string arrangements Rosetta Stone Greek and played piano.As for his own recording career, Nitzsche scored a minor hit with the instrumental "The Lonely Surfer," which went to No. 39 on the charts in 1963.

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