July 9, 1927 · 99 years old
This Northumberland, Pennsylvania native got his start in the early 1940s playing in dance bands as a fifteen year old high school student when he filled in for older musicians who were being drafted. In 1945, he too went into the army, and after the war's end, got musical training at the Berklee Sc…

A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew", a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.