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American jazz french horn player
Born 1919 in New York City, New York, USA, died November 11, 2000 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to french horn player Sharon Moe until his death 2000.
He played with the New York City Opera, playing with the orchestra for 17 years and being the principal horn player for 12 years.
Also credited with playing the flugelhorn and the trombone. He recorded with a who’s-who of classical, jazz, and pop music. Some of the conductors he worked iwth include Toscanini, Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein, and musicians such as Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Perry Como, the Beatles and Miles Davis.
He was a 60-year member of Local 802 music union.

APPEARANCES +


Miles Davis
Music From And Inspired By Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool
2020, CD, ,
Big Band/Bop/Fusion/Hard Bop/Jazz-Funk/Modal/Soundtrack
Various
The Wiz
2019, ,
Soundtrack/Gospel/Disco/Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Quincy Jones
Strike Up The Band
2017, CD, ,
Easy Listening/Theme/Big Band/Cool Jazz
Miles Davis
Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016, ,
Soundtrack
Miles Davis
The Box Set Series
2014, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Modal/Bop/Instrumental/Jazz-Funk
Curtis Fuller
Eight Classic Albums
2013, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone, ,
Hard Bop/Bop/Post Bop
Miles Davis
The Perfect Miles Davis Collection
2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Co, Legacy, Columbia, ,
Bop/Fusion/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop
Curtis Fuller
Soul Trombone / Cabin In The Sky
2011, CD, Comp, RM, Impulse!
Miles Davis
The Complete Recordings 1945 - 1960
2011, 34xCD, Album, Mono + CD-ROM + Box, Comp, Membran, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950's
2011, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Chrome Dreams, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Paul Desmond
The Complete RCA Albums Collection
2011
Sam Cooke
The RCA Albums Collection
2011, 8x CD, Box Set, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Miles Davis
Twenty Classic Albums
2011, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Modal/Post Bop
Miles Davis
Miles Ahead
2010, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Poll Winners Records, Octave,
Gil Evans
Columbia Jazz Profiles
2008,
Miles Davis
Miles Away
2008, 3x CD, ,
Hard Bop/Soundtrack/Bop
Art Farmer
Brass Shout / Aztec Suite
2008, CD, ,
Big Band/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Various
Jazz For Weddings
2007, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group
Various
Jazz For Dining
2006, CD, ,
Samba/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Swing/Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Afro-Cuban
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo
2005, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Carmen McRae Featuring Ben Webster
The Complete Ralph Burns Sessions
2004, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz
Enoch Light Presents The Free Design
You Could Be Born Again
2004, CD Jewel Case, ,
Soft Rock
Philip Glass
Music From The Thin Blue Line
2003, CD, Album, Orange Mountain Music
Miles Davis
Love Songs 2
2003, CD, ,
Hard Bop/Modal
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto
2003, CD, ,
Bossa Nova/Lounge/Vocal
The Elliot Lawrence Big Band*
Swings Cohn And Kahn
2001, CD, ,
Big Band
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour
2001, CD, ,
Bossanova/Easy Listening/Vocal
Miles Davis
The Essential Miles Davis
2001, 2x CD, ,
Free Improvisation/Bop/Free Jazz/Fusion/Modal/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Cool Jazz
Miles Davis
Blue Moods
2001, CD, ,
Hard Bop/Modal
Miles Davis
Blue Miles
2000
Miles Davis
Love Songs
1999, ,
Hard Bop/Modal
Various
Priceless Jazz Sampler 2
1998, CD, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz
Astrud Gilberto
Talkin' Verve
1998, CD, ,
Bossa Nova/Easy Listening
Miles Davis / Gil Evans
The Best Of Miles Davis & Gil Evans
1997, CD Super Bit Mapping, ,
Hard Bop/Big Band
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
1996, 6x CD, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
1996, ,
Cool Jazz/Post Bop
Miles Davis
Evolution Of A Genius - Miles Davis 1957 - 1958
1996, CD, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Ben Webster With Strings, Harry Carney
Music For Loving / Music With Feeling
1995, 2x CD, ,
Swing/Easy Listening
Miles Davis
Bye Bye Blackbird
1993, 3xCD, Album, Comp, RE, Starlite (4), ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Various
Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
1993, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing/Dixieland
Gavin Bryars With Tom Waits
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
1993, CD, ,
Abstract/Contemporary/Minimal
Morgana King
A Taste Of Honey
1991, CD, ,
Vocal/Easy Listening
Roland Kirk
Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk
1990, ,
Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Miles Davis
Miles Davis 1957-1958 Meets Gil Evans, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans
1989, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Philip Glass
The Thin Blue Line
1989
Frank Sinatra
Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
1988, 2x CD, ,
Vocal
Miles Davis
The CBS Years 1955 - 1985
1988, ,
Bop/Fusion/Modal/Hard Bop/Experimental
Philip Glass
Powaqqatsi
1988, ,
Modern Classical/Score/Tribal/Minimal/Ambient
Astrud Gilberto
Beach Samba
1987, 3xLP, Comp, Club, Verve Records, ,
Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz
Miles Davis + 19, Gil Evans
Miles Ahead
1987, LP, Album, Promo, RE, RM, Columbia
Various
The Bebop Era
1987, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Felix Olmo
El Jibarito de Canovana: Con Cristobal y su Chambeleque
1986, LP, Album, Sonotone
Barbara Rankin
It's Been A Long, Long Time
1985, LP, Album, Efvee Records, Efvee Records,
Various
Jazz 4: The Fancy Family Of Trumpets
1984, Box, Comp + 5xLP, Comp, CBS, Zeitmagazin,
Various
The Verve Collectors' Item
1983, Box + 4xLP, Mono, Dlx, Verve Records, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Hard Bop
Davis*, Mingus*, Monk*
Great Jazz Inventors
1983, 4x Vinyl,
Morgana King
A Taste Of Honey
1982, Vinyl, ,
Vocal/Easy Listening
David Amram
Autobiography
1982, ,
Modern
Miles Davis
Directions
1981
Charles Earland
Coming To You Live
1980, ,
Jazz-Funk/Soul
Bob Wilber
New Clarinet In Town
1978
Various
History Of Jazz
1978, 10x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime
Various
The Wiz (Original Soundtrack)
1978, 2x CD, ,
Soundtrack/Gospel/Disco
Morton Gould And His Orchestra
Clair De Lune - Music In A Romantic Mood
1977, LP, Comp, Quintessence, Camden Classics
Anacostia
Anacostia
1977, ,
Soul/Funk
Ravel*, Martinon*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Morton Gould And His Orchestra
Bolero (Great Ravel Showpieces)
1977, Vinyl, ,
Impressionist
Joe Farrell
La Catedral Y El Toro
1977, Vinyl Winchester Pressing, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Disco
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Morton Gould Orchestra*, Morton Gould
A Treasury Of Favorite Light Classics
1976
Brigati*
Lost In The Wilderness
1976, Vinyl CSM, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Disco
Zulema
R.S.V.P.
1975, Vinyl Orange labels, ,
Soul/Disco
Various
The Wiz (The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz")
1975, ,
Soundtrack/Soul/Disco
Various
Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 5
1974, 2x Vinyl, ,
Bop
Gary Burton
Norwegian Wood
1973, Vinyl,
Donny Hathaway
Extension Of A Man
1973, Vinyl RI - Richmond Press, Gatefold, ,
Soul
Miles Davis
Basic Miles - The Classic Performances Of Miles Davis
1973, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Hard Bop
Jan Akkerman
Tabernakel
1973, ,
Jazz-Rock/Art Rock/Prog Rock
David Amram
Subway Night
1973, ,
Pop Rock/Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic/Country Rock
Richard Roundtree
The Man From Shaft
1972, ,
Soul-Jazz/Funk
Curtis Fuller
Cabin In The Sky
1971
David Amram
No More Walls
1971, ,
Neo-Classical/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Carmen McRae
Just A Little Lovin'
1970, ,
Ballad/Country Rock/Soul-Jazz/Soul/Vocal
Pat Williams*
Heavy Vibrations
1969
Paul Desmond
Summertime
1969, ,
Cool Jazz/Bossa Nova
Pat Williams*
Think
1968, ,
Big Band/Easy Listening
Gabor Szabo
Dreams
1968, Vinyl Monarch Pressing, Gatefold, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop
Mozart* : Frederic Waldman Conducts The Musica Æterna Wind Ensemble*
Serenade For 13 Wind Instruments
1967, ,
Classical
Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra
Mira!
1967, Vinyl,
The Free Design
Kites Are Fun
1967, Vinyl, ,
Pop Rock/Easy Listening/Soft Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Sunshine Pop
Astrud Gilberto
Beach Samba
1967, ,
Bossanova/Latin Jazz
Mozart*, Leopold Stokowski Conducting The Wind Players Of The American Symphony Orchestra
Serenade For 13 Wind Instruments In B Flat Major, K361
1966, ,
Classical
Morton Gould And His Orchestra
Evening Serenade
1966
Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra*
Bullfight
1964, Vinyl, ,
Pasodoble
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini
1964
Miles Davis
Sketches Of Spain
1963, ,
Modal
Paul Desmond
Late Lament
1962
Manhattan Pops Orchestra*
Spain
1962, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
Kenyon Hopkins
Bande Originale Du Film "L'Arnaqueur" (The Hustler)
1962
Jerri Winters
Winters Again
1962, Vinyl Black labels, ,
Vocal
Kenyon Hopkins
The Hustler (The Original Sound Track)
1961, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Various
Folk, Pops 'N Jazz Sampler
1961
Al Caiola & Orch.*
Percussion Español Vol. 2
1961
Nick Perito And His Orchestra*
Latin Brass Goes To Italy
1961, ,
Latin Jazz
Ferrante & Teicher And Their Orchestra*
Golden Piano Hits
1961
Miles Davis
The 'Most' Of Miles
1960, LP, Comp, Fontana
Lew Douglas And His Orchestra
Themes From...
1960, ,
Theme/Easy Listening/Instrumental/Cool Jazz/Swing
Miles Davis
Miles Davis No. 3
1960
Richard Hayes
Love On The Rocks
1959, LP, Album, Mono, Mala, ,
Vocal
Art Farmer And His Orchestra
The Aztec Suite
1959
Carmen McRae
Birds Of A Feather
1958
Hal Schaefer And His Orchestra
U A Showcase: Great Songs From United Artists Pictures
1958, Vinyl,
Miles Davis + 19, Gil Evans
Miles Ahead
1957, Vinyl, ,
Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop
Mat Mathews
4 French Horns Plus Rhythm
1957, Vinyl,
The Elliot Lawrence Band
Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements
1956, Vinyl Red, ,
Big Band
George Antheil / Henry Brant, Carlos Surinach Conducting The New York Percussion Group, Henry Brant Conducting Chamber Ensemble*
Ballet Mecanique / Signs And Alarms / Galaxy 2
1955
Harry Carney
With Strings
1955
Ralph Burns
Free Forms By Ralph Burns
1952
The Free Forms Album*
Someday, Somewhere / Spring Is
1951, 7", EP, Mercury,
Ludwig van Beethoven
Octet (Parthia) In E Flat Major, Op. 103 / Rondino In E Flat Major, Grove 146 (GA 8/60)
1950, LP, Mono, EMS Recordings
Robert Merrill With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus
Valencia / Wanderin'
1950
Various
Jazz & Folk
LP, Comp, Vedette Records
Musica Aeterna*, Frederic Waldman
Recorded at Alice Tully Hall
LP, Decca,
The Elliot Lawrence Band
Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements
LP, Album, Mono, RE, Fantasy
Morgana King
With A Taste Of Honey
Vinyl Blue Label, ,
Vocal/Easy Listening
Antonio Vivaldi, New York Sinfonietta, Max Goberman
Concerto In G Minor, Concerto in C Minor, Concerto In F Major, Concerto In A Minor
LeRoy Holmes Orchestra
A Musical Portrait Of Ray Charles
Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Easy Listening
Siravo*
Out On A Limb With Siravo
Vinyl, ,
Easy Listening/Big Band
The Medallion Strings Directed By Emanuel Vardi
The Sound Of Hollywood
Gavin Bryars With Tom Waits
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
,
Abstract/Contemporary/Minimal
Donny Hathaway
Extension Of A Man
Vinyl, ,
Soul