Milt Raskin

Milt Raskin
Milt Raskin
Birth name	Milton Raskin
Born	January 27, 1916
Died	October 16, 1977 (aged 61); Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, swing, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, arranger
Instruments	Piano, saxophone
Associated acts	Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, Georgie Auld

Milt Raskin (January 27, 1916 – October 16, 1977) 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 (including on recordings by Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, and Georgie Auld), 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.

Discography

Orchestrator and conductor

With Nancy Wilson

Hello Young Lovers (Capitol, 1962)

With Stan Kenton

Artistry in Voices and Brass (Capitol, 1963)

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gollark: You do realise, though, that even with free *material goods*, you do still need, say, spaceship designers? Material scarcity and general scarcity are separate.

gollark: Yes it does.

gollark: Some episodes later... "We need X spare part for the spaceship!"

gollark: "Oh look let's just stick in this convenient FUTURE thing so our captain has coffee"

References

Scott Yanow, Milt Raskin at Allmusic

External links

Inventory of the Milton Raskin Papers, 1934-1985 donated to the UC Berkeley Music Library by Randy Wilkinson

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