Larry Adler
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Biography
[Edit]Larry Adler was an internationally renowned harmonica virtuoso whose jazz and European classical interpretations brought unprecedented attention and acclaim to the humble mouth organ. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants (the family name was changed from Zelakovitch), Lawrence Cecil Adler was born on February 10, 1914, in Baltimore. His first performing idol was Al Jolson; he also admired comedian George Jessel and worked as a sidekick for Eddie Cantor, who he resembled. Adler's career as a professional mouth organist began when at the age of 14 he won a statewide harmonica competition with an abbreviated rendition of Beethoven's Minuet in G. He then surprised his family by moving to New York City without parental permission.
After briefly serving as an intermission performer for Rudy Vallée, he convinced bandleader Paul Ash to help him secure a $100 per week contract with a traveling variety show that entertained audiences between films in Paramount theaters. Adler's direct involvement with cinema began when he synchronized a harmonica solo with the soundtrack of a newly developed animated "sound cartoon." He recorded with vocalist Ruth Etting and appeared with her, Gus Edwards, and tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson at Broadway's Palace Theater in 1929, and in Flo Ziegfeld's Smiles with Fred and Adele Astaire in 1931.
The catalyst for a turning point in Adler's career was Maurice Ravel's Bolero, which he initially presented at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, using a dance band arrangement by Hal Kemp. As a part of a "prologue" to Eddie Cantor's film Roman Scandals, Adler performed Bolero at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Unfamiliar with the time signature of the work as written and convinced that the orchestra was lagging, he improvised wildly while waving his free arm as if "chopping an invisible tree." This extroverted display, which he would later describe as "corny Sturm und Drang," brought down the house and earned him immediate notoriety. Adler now became a high-profile participant in Hollywood social life. In 1934 he appeared in the film Many Happy Returns with Ray Milland, Burns & Allen, and Duke Ellington, and was filmed in heavy "Chinese" makeup for a sequence in Busby Berkeley's The Singing Marine. Adler performed duets with George Gershwin, whose "Rhapsody in Blue" would become one of the staples in his repertoire, which also included mouth organ adaptations of violin concerti by Antonio Vivaldi and J.S. Bach as well as works composed expressly for him and his instrument by Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Benjamin, Jean Berger, Darius Milhaud, Cyril Scott, Graham Whettam, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Adler's adventures as a jazz musician included making records with Gypsy swing guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1938. He later wrote: "If I work with an Ellington, a Django, a Bill Evans, a Dizzy Gillespie, I play at the top of my form or even beyond it. I know that I could not duplicate the solos I recorded with Django Reinhardt, because there is no longer a Django to inspire me." During World War II, Adler performed worldwide, often appearing with comedian Jack Benny and at one point obtaining an emergency ration of mouth organs from the newly liberated Hohner factory at Trossingen in the Black Forest. An outspoken opponent of "any dogma that puts the mind in blinkers and forbids the free discussion of ideas," Adler was blacklisted during Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch hunts, and his Academy Award-nominated score for the film Genevieve was credited to studio orchestra conductor Muir Mathieson. In dramatic contrast to this indignity, Adler was the first person from the U.S.A. to receive the coveted Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of "Le Grisbi," a melody used in the French gangster film Touchez-pas au Grisbi, starring Jean Gabin. He performed and recorded with some of the world's top conductors, and claimed that the "musical high point" of his life occurred at the Royal Albert Hall in 1952 when he played before the London Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Sir Malcolm Sargent.
Adler spent most of the second half of his life in the U.K.; was featured with violinist Itzhak Perlman in a telecast duet performance of "Summertime" in 1981; collaborated with Sting on Ten Summoner's Tales; accompanied vocalist Kate Bush in a version of "The Man I Love" in 1994 on his last great project, the all-star tribute album The Glory of Gershwin; and passed away in London on August 7, 2001, at the age of 87. Larry Adler's autobiography, It Ain't Necessarily So, is filled with historic insights and the sort of humorous gut-level honesty that characterized his personality.
Title: Indo Jazz Fusions With Larry Adler
Artist: Larry Adler, Indo Jazz Fusions
Title: Harmonica Virtuoso With Piano, Trumpet, Bass, Guitar And Drums
Artist: Larry Adler
Genre: Jazz
Title: Reflections - Larry Adler Harmonica Genius - Plays & Tells His Stories In Concert
Artist: Larry Adler
Genre: Pop
Title: A Larry Adler Concert - EP
Artist: Larry Adler, Eric Robinson, Pro Arte Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Le rififi chez les hommes (Remastered) - single
Artist: Larry Adler, Philippe - Gérard / Philippe - Gerard
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: 20 Best Songs From the Movies
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Glory of Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Variety of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Old Good Times (1936)
Genre: World Music
Title: The Jazz Legends Play Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of Gershwin - The Early Recordings
Genre: Jazz
Title: Marijuana Reefer Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: 101 - The Best of Vintage Jazz
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Swingin' on a Star, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Wanna Smoke? Vintage Cigarette Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: Harmonica
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: The Most Beautiful Instrumental Music Vol 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Most Beautiful Instrumental Music Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Instrumental Moods Vol 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Instrumental Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Finest Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Singing About Mary Jane
Genre: Blues
Title: Kush Smokin' Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: The Old Good Times (1937)
Genre: World Music
Title: Danny Boy: The Immortal Irish Song
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: The Old Good Times (1935)
Genre: World Music
Title: Cool Jazz for Hot Nights
Genre: Jazz
Title: Still More Best of British
Genre: World Music
Title: Harmonica Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Relax, Unwind and Listen Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Relax, Unwind and Listen Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Et Bien D'autres
Genre: World Music
Title: The Ultimate 30's and 40's Reefer Songs
Genre: Alternative
Title: 50 British Classics
Genre:
Title: The Start of Rock & Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: They Played the Empire
Genre: Pop
Title: Still More Best of British
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great American Songbook Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best in Jazz Guitar
Genre: Jazz
Title: Lounge Mode
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chronic Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Dope & Glory: Reefer Songs Der 30er & 40er Jahre
Genre: Jazz
Title: This Is My Song 115 Classic Favourites CD 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Then... Chill Jazz (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Time To Remember - 1953
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Roots Of Rock N' Roll Vol. 1, 1927-1938 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: A Time To Remember: 1936
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1938
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1935
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember: 1937
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Jazz Talent Condensed
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Singer Songwriter 2018 (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Pop, Sunshine Pop, Indie, Celtic, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: Classical Romances 2019
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: Reefer Blues: Vintage Songs About Marijuana Volume 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Acoustic
Title: The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Israel's Greatest Instrumentals
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Return of the Red Eye: Classics from the Days of Prohibition
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Alternative