Milt Raskin
Composer
1916 – 1977
Who was Milt Raskin?
Milt Raskin was an American swing jazz pianist.
Born in Boston, Mass., Raskin played saxophone as a child before switching to piano at age 11. In the 1930s he attended the New England Conservatory of Music. He worked on local Boston-area radio before moving to New York City, where he played with Wingy Manone in 1937 at the "Famous Door" and Gene Krupa in 1938-39. He then played with Teddy Powell and Alvino Rey before joining Krupa again for a short time, then joined the orchestra of Tommy Dorsey from 1942 to 1944, replacing Joe Bushkin.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1944, where he occasionally worked in jazz, but concentrated on work as a studio musician and musical director. Much of his studio work from the 1940s on was uncredited, and he never led his own jazz recording session.
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- Born
- Jan 27, 1916
Boston - Education
- New England Conservatory of Music
- Died
- Oct 16, 1977
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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