He is a violinist who has performed in the classical, jazz and pop world with a recording career that began in the 1960s.
He appeared as a member of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra in the years between 1974 and 1979 and has been a guest/studio musician with groups and artists such as Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys, George Bohannon, Harry Chapin, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Gap Band, Albert King, Dean Martin, Don Myrick, Frank Sinatra, and Mel Torme.
Albums he has appeared on over the course of his career have included 1961-1966 by Ann-Margret, Edge by David Axelrod, 15 Big Ones by The Beach Boys, Portraits by Harry Chapin, Look at Me Now by Bobby Darin, Move Over Darling by Doris Day, In my Lifetime by Neil Diamond, I Am and Faces by Earth, Wind & Fire, RCA Years 1962-1964 by Duane Eddy, The Gap Band, Rawhide by Frankie Laine, Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin, That’s What Friends Are For by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams, Trilogy by Frank Sinatra, It Only Takes a Minute by Tavares, Close Up by Frankie Valli, Whisper in Your Ear by The Whispers,
The Gap Band recordings
Baby Baba Boogie (Lonnie Simmons/Charlie Wilson)
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams recordings
Emotion (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb)
S CBS 6164B (UK 45)
Here performs here on “Only One I Need to Love” by Tavares…
Sources:
- http://home.cogeco.ca/~mansion1/henryroth.html
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dpfwxq9gldae~T4
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_(orchestra)
- http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Henry%20Roth:1927177456?sort=date