Jerry Adler (musician)

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Hilliard Gerald "Jerry" Adler (born October 30, 1918 in Baltimore ; † March 13, 2010 in Sarasota ) was a harmonica player who particularly emerged in the field of classical music and easy listening , but also in the recording of numerous film music and jazz pieces was involved.

Live and act

Adler, the younger brother of the harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler , also learned to play the instrument very early, like his brother. At age 13, he won a Baltimore Evening Sun talent competition . After extensive concert tours through Europe and Asia, he played for President Harry S. Truman in the White House at the age of 17 . He also worked with Paul Whiteman . During the Second World War he worked in the Pacific region in the troop support. As a studio musician, he can be heard in numerous films made between the 1940s and 1960s, for example in Shane , High Noon , Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady . He also worked with Duke Ellington , Louis Armstrong , Ira Gershwin and Henry Mancini . He has also performed with Ed Sullivan , Jack Benny , Frank Sinatra , Glen Campbell , Steve Allen , Johnny Carson and Dinah Shore . Between 1972 and 1995 he appeared on the major cruise lines.

In 2005 he published his autobiography, Living from Hand to Mouth . At the age of 91 Adler died of complications from prostate cancer .

Discographic notes

  • A handfull of blues
  • Jerry Adler on stage
  • The Harmonica Artistry of Jerry Adler
  • The Harmonica Magic of Jerry Adler
  • Musical Memories (2 CDs), Karthaus-Schmülling CD 257-1 / 2 (2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Grimes: Jerry Adler, Harmonica Virtuoso, Dies at 91 . In: The New York Times . March 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ Jerry Adler: Living from Hand to Mouth: My Memoir . AuthorHouse, Bloomington 2005, ISBN 1-4208-6122-0 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Adler, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adler, Hilliard Gerald (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (harmonica)
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2010
Place of death Sarasota (Florida)