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Reisler, Jerome J. (10th November 1915-9th March 2000)

He was a violinist born in New York who performed in the classical, jazz and pop world with a recording career that began in the 1950s.

He appeared as a member of the York String Quartet in the 1950s and/or ’60s, the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra in the late 1960s and Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra in the years between 1974 and 1979 and was a guest/studio musician with groups and artists such as Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, The Crystals, Bobby Darin, Steve Douglas, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Gap Band, Jim Horn, Harry James, Gene Krupa, The Monkees, Harry Nilsson, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, Phil Spector, Tommy Tedesco, Mason Williams and Frank Zappa.

Albums he appeared on over the course of his career have included Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, Man Who Invented Soul by Sam Cooke, Venus Blue by Bobby Darin, Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day,  I Am, Raise! and Faces by Earth, Wind & Fire, The Gap BandUnforgettable by Johnny Hartman, Sounds…And Stuff Like That by Quincy Jones, Swing with Strings by Gene Krupa, Skinny Boy by Robert Lamm, Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones by The Monkees, Aerial Ballet by Harry Nilsson, Four Platters and One Lovely Dish by The Platters, It Only Takes a Minute by Tavares, Whisper in Your Ear by The Whispers, Lumpy Gravy by Frank Zappa.

The Gap Band recordings
Baby Baba Boogie (Lonnie Simmons/Charlie Wilson)

Here is “Anybody Need a Big Man” performed by Cannonball Adderley and Joe Williams on the album Big Man: The Legend of John Henry which Jerome performed on…

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