Background
Adler, Larry was born on February 10, 1914 in Baltimore. Son of Louis and Sadie (Hack) Adler.
Adler, Larry was born on February 10, 1914 in Baltimore. Son of Louis and Sadie (Hack) Adler.
Student, Baltimore City College, 1926-1928.
Harmonica player, Paramount Theatre, 1928; harmonica player Streamline Revue, Palace Theatre, London, 1934; harmonica soloist, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australia, 1939; toured in recital with Paul Draper, United States cities, 1941-1949.
Appeared with New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, 1963, 65, orchestras in England, Japan. Performed for allied troops, 1943-1945, Germany, 1947, 49, Korea, 1951, Israel, 1967, 73. Soloist with Chicago Symphony, Solit, San Francisco Symphony, Monteux, Detroit Symphony, Ormandy, British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony, Sargent.
Appeared at London Promenade Concerts at Albert Hall, 1952, 53, 54, 75th Birthday Concert at Albert Hall with Wren Orchestra and John Ogdon, 1989. Recordings include Larry Adler Live at the Ballroom/Newport Classic, Larry Adler plays works for Harmonica and Orchestra/Radio Corporation of America, Discovery (unpublished works by Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, Arlen) Radio Corporation of America. Appeared in films Many Happy Returns, 1933, Music for Millions, 1944, Three Daring Daughters, 1948.
Composer: (film scores) Genevieve, 1953, The Great Chase, 1963, King and Country, High Wind in Jamaica, 1965, (television score) Midnight Men, (concert music): Theme and Variations, Camera III. Author: How I Play, 1937, Larry Adler's Own Arrangements, 1960, Jokes and How to Tell Them, 1963, (autobiography) It Ain't Necessarily So, 1986. Food critic Harper's/Queen, Portrait and Boardroom.
Writer columns, reviews and articles to Punch, Spectator, new Statesman, New Society, Sunday times, Observer, Mail on Sunday and others.
Member Actor's Equity Association, Musicians Union.
Married Eileen Walser, April 11, 1938 (divorced 1959). Children: Carole, Peter, Wendy. Married Sally Cline, 1967 (divorced 1976).
1 child, Katelyn.