Bill Lavorgna

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American drummer, conductor and musical director.
Born : June 03, 1933 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Died : July 31, 2007 in Stuart, Florida.

Worked with Frank Sinatra and Dizzy Gillespie (among others).
Musical director for Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland.

ALBUMS

Osie Johnson, Ted Sommer*, Bill Lavorgna, Sam Most, Mat Mathews, Hank Jones, Jimmy Jones (3), Louis Metcalf, Buster Harding, Al Hall

The Ted Mazio Percussion Group* Featuring Ted Sommer* & Bill Lavorgna

Dancing Percussion Music Of The 30's

Ted Sommer* And Bill Lavorgna

Cole Porter In Pleasing Percussion

Live At Carnegie Hall

John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

Middle Eastern Rock

Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock

The Stan Free Five

Would You Believe??? Jazz Alive!!!

1967, LP, Album, Murbo Records,

John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

Middle Eastern Rock

APPEARANCES +

Tony And Strings & Close To You

2023, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp, Quad, RM, Vocalion,

At Carnegie Hall

More Than A New Discovery

Folk Rock/Soul-Jazz/Pop Rock

Spiritual Jazz XII - Impulse! (Esoteric, Modal & Progressive Jazz From The Impulse! Label 1962-75)

Modal/Free Jazz

Spaced Out & Charge!

2017, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Dig, Blue Moon (4),

Space-Age/Easy Listening/Lounge/Pop Rock

Salam Alay (The Sound Of Armenian Diaspora, 1969-79)

2013, LP, Comp, Ltd, Worldwild Production

Marshall McLuhan

The Medium Is The Massage With Marshall McLuhan

Sound Art/Sound Poetry/Sound Collage/Education/Spoken Word/Experimental

Mixed Bag / Something Else Again

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Raven Records

Jimmie Spheeris

Isle Of View / The Original Tap Dancing Kid

2008, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records

Coffee Time Jazz

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records, Universal Music Group,

Big Band/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz

Enoch Light Presents The Free Design

You Could Be Born Again

Carl Oglesby / Going To Damascus

2003, CD, Comp, Universe (3), Vanguard,

Psychedelic Rock/Folk

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto

Bossa Nova/Lounge/Vocal

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour

Bossanova/Easy Listening/Vocal

Minnelli On Minnelli - Live At The Palace

1999, CD, Comp, BGP Records,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Latin Jazz

Birth Of The Cool Funk - Vintage Jams And Serious Grooves

1998, 3xCD, Comp, LaserLight Digital,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk

The Jack Manno Singers, The Gentlemen Of Jazz

The Greatest Hits Of Walter Donaldson

1998, CD, Comp, RE, Audiophile (2),

Jazz & Χιτζάζ No 2

Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Columbia, Legacy,

Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro

Charles Aznavour, Liza Minnelli

Paris - Palais Des Congrès Intégrale Du Spectacle

The Day After That

Liza Minnelli At Carnegie Hall

Soundtrack/Musical/Easy Listening

The Wiz (Original Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Gospel/Disco

Trudy Richards Moreau

1977, LP, Musicor Records,

Liza Minnelli • Robert De Niro

New York, New York (Original Motion Picture Score)

Barbara Carroll

From The Beginning

Contemporary Jazz

Enoch Light And The Brass Menagerie

The Beauty Of Brass

Kimiko Kasai = 笠井紀美子*

This Is My Love = マイ・ラヴ

Keepin' Up With The Joneses

Barry Manilow II

Pop Rock/Ballad

George Segal & The Imperial Jazzband*

A Touch Of Ragtime Featuring The Music Of Scott Joplin

Ragtime/Dixieland

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

1973, LP, Comp, Calendar Records (2), Calendar Records (2), Calendar Records (2), Calendar Records (2)

Let's Belly Dance

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

The Brass Menagerie 1973

Experimental/Easy Listening

Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening

A Child's Dream

Jimmie Spheeris

Going To Damascus

Dean Christopher And His Orchestra

1970, LP, Mainstream Records

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

Permissive Polyphonics

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Some Songs I've Saved

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute

Astrud Gilberto

September 17, 1969

Tony Mottola's Guitar Factory

Stars / Time / Bubbles / Love

Psychedelic Rock/Easy Listening/Sunshine Pop

Dizzy Gillespie

Bop/Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening/Big Band

The Wall I Built Myself

Marlene Ver Planck*

This Happy Feeling

1969, LP, Album, Mounted Records,

Suburbs Of Eden / Le Chinois

1969, 7", Single, Promo, Styrene, Pit, Vanguard

Heavy Vibrations

Steve Baron Quartet

The Mother Of Us All

The Free Design

Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Easy Listening/Sunshine Pop

Bat McGrath & Don Potter

Introducing Bat McGrath & Don Potter

America The Beautiful (An Account Of Its Disappearance)

Soul-Jazz/Big Band

The Enoch Light Singers

You Are What You Eat (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Soundtrack/Psychedelic Rock/Comedy/Funk/Spoken Word/Rhythm & Blues/Folk Rock

Big Band/Easy Listening

The Corporation

A "Sound" Contemporary Musical Investment

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

The Best Of Hollywood - Movie Hits '68-'69

Theme/Easy Listening

Jerry Jeff Walker

Twinn Connexion

Twinn Connexion

Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock

A Lovely Way To Live

Roma Oggi - Rome Today

Spanky & Our Gang

Like To Get To Know You

Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Sunshine Pop

Let's Go Places Around The World In Song And Dance

1967, LP, Album, Mono, Sing 'N' Do Company, Inc.

The Free Design

Pop Rock/Easy Listening/Soft Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Sunshine Pop

Enoch Light And The Light Brigade

Film Fame - Marvelous Movie Themes

Journey Into Russia With Yulya

Dom Cortese & Co.*

Ciao Ragazzi!: Great Italian Hits

LP, Album, Monitor Records (2)

Sing 'N Do Songs: Album No. 12

3x7", Sing 'N Do Songs

All The Best Barry

3xLP, Comp + Box, Arista,

Stan Free Five*

LP, Album, Murbo Records

Bob Friedman, Marlene VerPlanck

Serious Music / More Music By Bob Friedman

LP, Not On Label

The Mat Mathews Story

7", MM Records (6)

Résumé: The Best Of Richie Havens

Barry Manilow II

Pop Rock/Ballad

Jerry Jeff Walker

Live At Carnegie Hall

CD-ROM, Unofficial, Not On Label (Liza Minnelli),

Enoch Light And The Brass Menagerie