Disambiguation: J. Hill could also refer to musician Jordan Hill

Jordan Hill

Jordan Hill , is an American singer/songwriter.Hill was originally signed by producer David Foster to his own label 143 Records, a division of Warner Music Group...

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J. Hill (b. James Hill

James Hill

James Hill may refer to:*James Hill , former professional American football tight end*James Hill , British film and television director...

) is a three time Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 winning American

United States

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 music arranger who worked extensively in his earlier years as a brass player in big band

Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...

s, later on taking up music arranging. He created many arrangements for the Les Brown

Les Brown (bandleader)

Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...

 Orchestra. He eventually spread out into freelance arranging, doing charts for Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982...

 and others .
He also became chief arranger for the first four years of the Dean Martin Show (which featured Bandleader "Les Brown and his Band of Renown"), producing orchestrations for Dean and his co-stars to sing behind. He was eventually replaced on the show by Van Alexander

Van Alexander

Van Alexander is an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.Alexander led bands and arranged from high school, and studied composition in college. He landed a job selling arrangements to Chick Webb in the middle of the 1930s...

who did the remainder of the shows run.

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