Background
His mother emigrated to the United States of America from Erlich, near Budapest in Hungary with her mother and sister, Bella.
His mother emigrated to the United States of America from Erlich, near Budapest in Hungary with her mother and sister, Bella.
One of Bella"s grandsons became well known in a different music field and coined the phrase, "Rhythm and the Blues" - and was one of the founders of Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler). At twelve he was accepted by the school that later became the Juilliard School. After graduating at sixteen he continued his studies at the City College of New New York