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==Members==
===Stan Free===
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Stan Free
| birth_name       = Stanley Friedland
| birth_place      = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| birth_date       = April 12, 1922
| death_date       = August 17, 1995 (aged 73)
| death_place      = New York, U.S.
| genre            = [[Jazz]]
}}

'''Stan Free''' (born '''Stanley Friedland''') (April 12, 1922 – August 17, 1995) was an American [[jazz]] musician (pianist), composer, conductor and arranger. Free was born in the [[Brooklyn]] borough of New York City in 1922, and received a classical musical education, studying with [[Alexander Siloti]] and also at the [[Juilliard School]]. While still in his teens, he organized a combo (Stanley Friedland's Royal New Yorkers) that played in the Catskills. He also served as a staff sergeant in the [[7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|Seventh Cavalry]] in [[World War II]], seeing combat in the Pacific.{{citation needed|date = December 2023}}

Upon his return, he became active in many musical endeavors, including serving as musical director for one of the first live television variety talk shows, "Cafe De Paris" with Sylvie St. Clair, on [[WNYW|WABD]], the old [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] channel in New York (1949). The Stan Free Trio played in many New York jazz clubs of the day, including The Composer, The Embers, The Living Room and Hickory House to name a few. He was the featured performer for several summers at Herb McCarthy's Bowden Square in [[Southampton (village), New York|Southampton, Long Island]]. He recorded several albums (now out of print) under his own name: ''Free For All: The Stan Free Trio'', ''Piano A La Percussion'' and ''Stan Free Five: Would You Believe? Jazz Alive''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stan Free {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stan-free-mn0000070448/biography|access-date=2020-09-12|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref>

Free's best-known recording was the [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] hit "[[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]]" (1972), with the album named ''Hot Butter''. In addition to Free, five studio musicians contributed to the album. Free also toured and recorded with the First Moog Quartet (1970–72), organized by [[Gershon Kingsley]]. Additionally he arranged music and conducted for many performers, notably the jazz vocalist [[Chris Connor]] (Chris Craft), and the comedian [[Jack Carter (comedian)|Jack Carter]]. He was also a [[Session musician|studio musician]] for many of the rock and pop groups of the 1960s, including [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]], [[The Monkees]] and [[The Association]]. In 1979, Free played percussion on the Broadway Show ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''.{{citation needed|date = December 2023}}

He was married with children and grandchildren, and died in New York.{{citation needed|date = December 2023}}