"Larry Adler Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin. During his later career he collaborated with Sting, Elton John, Kate Bush and Cerys Matthews. Adler was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Sadie Hack and Louis Adler. They were a Jewish family. He graduated from Baltimore City College high school. He taught himself harmonica, which he called a mouth organ. He played professionally at 14. In 1927, he won a contest sponsored by the"
"Henry Adler Henry Adler (June 28, 1915 – September 30, 2008) was an American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drum-technique. He is best known for having taught Buddy Rich, who is regarded by many as ""The World's Greatest Drummer,"" to read music - Buddy taught himself everything else - and for co-authoring, with Rich, the classic instructional book ""Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments."" First published in 1942, the book is widely regarded as one of the most important snare-drum rudimental books ever written. Aside from Rich, Adler's former students"
"their six-track promo CD. With Burn the Priest With Lamb of God Willie Adler William M. Adler (born January 26, 1976) is the rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band Lamb of God. He is the younger brother of his bandmate, drummer Chris Adler. Adler joined Lamb of God after the first guitarist, Abe Spear, left the band. Self-taught, Adler is known for his unconventional style of playing, which includes odd or dissonant chords, unique timing patterns and rhythms, high usage of his fretting hand's pinky finger, wide stretches between frets due to an increased reach, and being an obsessive"
"Adler method. MacKenzie, a long-time professional graphic artist, did these drawings himself."" In 1985 Adler tried his hand at acting and appeared as the Magic Club drummer in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan, starring Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. In 1988 he was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society’s Hall of Fame. Until his death, Adler served on the Advisory Board of ""Modern Drummer"" magazine. Henry Adler Henry Adler (June 28, 1915 – September 30, 2008) was an American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drum-technique. He is best known for having taught Buddy"
"include renowned drummers and professionals such as Louie Bellson, Roy Burns, Dave Tough, Sonny Igoe, Alvin Stoller, Sandy Feldstein, Phil Kraus, Miles Hampton, Daniel Perez and Ted MacKenzie. Born in New York and raised during the Depression, Adler purchased his first snare drum at 13 and learned to play it without formal instruction. Two years later, he landed his first professional gig with a hotel orchestra in Belmar, New Jersey. At 15, Adler began taking formal drum lessons with a professional pit drummer from the Palace Theater, and studied timpani in his high school orchestra. He actively sought the best"
"Jerry Adler (rock musician) Jerry Adler is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in New York City. He is best known as frontman and guitarist of former New York indie rock group The Blam, who wrote three albums before disbanding in 2005. He founded the solo folk project Flugente in 2006, and released two minimalist albums under the name. In 2011 he formed the musical duo Wave Sleep Wave with longtime collaborator Yuval Lion. According to a review, ""Their sound is a revelric ""[sic]"" cavalcade, an intertwined blender of Pixies meets new wave meets psychedelia."" In 2011, he"
"Adler at the Eastman School of Music, from which he earned a doctoral degree. During the 1960s he supported himself as an orchestral violinist, and taught at the Manhattan School of Music from 1966 to 1968. He taught at Eastern Michigan University from 1971, where he founded an electronic music studio, taught composition, and for 30 years conducted the Collegium Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, focusing on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century repertory. He won first prize from the National Band Association in 1988 for ""Apparitions"", won the SAI/C.F. Peters Competition in 1990 for ""Two-Piano Inventions"", and won American Bandmasters Association's"
"a vegetarian. Adler uses Saturn Mapex Drums, his own signature Black Panther 12x5.5"" snare, and Gibraltar Hardware. He also uses and endorses Evans Drumheads, Pro-Mark signature Sticks, Trick Pedals and Meinl Cymbals. Chris helped Meinl produce the 24"" MB20 Pure Metal Ride for him and helped with the creation of the 12"" Soundcaster Custom Distortion Splash. He also uses a Roland pad and two Roland trigger Modules linked to a Roland TR-808 Drum machine. He also uses a Roland TD30k Kit at home and for warmups on tour. Chris Adler Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American"
"Willie Adler William M. Adler (born January 26, 1976) is the rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band Lamb of God. He is the younger brother of his bandmate, drummer Chris Adler. Adler joined Lamb of God after the first guitarist, Abe Spear, left the band. Self-taught, Adler is known for his unconventional style of playing, which includes odd or dissonant chords, unique timing patterns and rhythms, high usage of his fretting hand's pinky finger, wide stretches between frets due to an increased reach, and being an obsessive perfectionist with his right hand rhythm playing. He plays mostly the jagged"
"percussionist Henry Adler. In 1959, Rosario organized his first band and played for three years in the Club Caborrojeño in New York. When not playing, he would work as a disc jockey for WADO, a Spanish speaking radio station in New York. In 1962, he signed with the Alegre Records label and traveled and performed with his band in Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Curaçao, U.S. Virgin Islands and all over the United States. In the 1980s he opened the Tropicana Club in Puerto Rico in association with fellow Puerto Rican musician Bobby Valentín. Among his best-known compositions and arrangements are"
"near silence before transitioning into another passage. In this way Wave Sleep Wave is able to create a lot of sound with sparse instrumentation, and listeners may be surprised to find just how textured each song is."" Adler and his wife, artist Andrea Frank, live with their daughter in New York City. Jerry Adler (rock musician) Jerry Adler is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in New York City. He is best known as frontman and guitarist of former New York indie rock group The Blam, who wrote three albums before disbanding in 2005. He founded the solo"
"founded Curb Cut Records, now a sub-label of ECR Music Group. Jerry Adler was born and raised in New York City, and while young he idolized baseball player Graig Nettles. He first started to play guitar using his father's 1949 Gibson LG-1, which he still uses to write songs. At age nine started his first band called The Bed Bugs. He started writing as early as 1993, and took part in the New York group The 527S. Musicians he cited as influences have been Joe Strummer, John Lennon, and Bob Marley, with The Beatles being a particularly strong influence. For"
"lyrics, he has cited poets such as Walt Whitman as inspiration. After learning guitar he also went on to learn instruments such as bass, pedal steel, piano and keyboards, harmonica, banjo, ukulele, percussion, and drum programming. In 2001 Adler co-founded the Brooklyn-based indie rock band the Blam. He played guitar and sang vocals, and was joined by guitarist Reuben Maher, bassist Itamar Ziegler, and drummer Yuval Lion. The members had admired each others' separate work for some time, and incorporated influences such as punk, pop, and indie rock. Adler has stated he was especially influenced by The Beatles while writing"
"10, he had formed his own band with friends. He attended school in Halifax, where he continued his musical studies and eventually earned a degree in classical piano and music theory at the Maritime Conservatory of Music in Halifax. Fidler plays many of the instruments used on his albums including accordion, guitar, whistle, bodhran, and keyboards. The styles of music that he plays range from reggae to bluegrass, Celtic to North African. He formed a successful reggae group called Pressure Drop in the late 1980s and was their drummer and songwriter. Between Pressure Drop and his first solo CD, Fidler"
"touch the ground at the same time. Every time I would hit it, it would wobble from left to right. The cymbal stands were duct taped together, and I think after two or three times playing the kit, the pedalboard actually broke in half because it was made of that crappy old fake metal."" He played on Megadeth's 2016 studio release ""Dystopia"" and on all live shows during the following world tour, juggling his time between Lamb of God and Megadeth. On July 1, 2016 Adler left Megadeth due to continued pressure to join full-time and leave Lamb of God."
"Larry Franklin (musician) Lawrence Alvin ""Larry"" Franklin is an American fiddle and mandolin player, session musician, and composer. His style embraces country, blues, rock & roll, jazz, and Western swing. Growing up in Whitewright, Texas, Franklin took up the fiddle at age 7. Franklin was inspired by his father Louis Franklin and his uncle Major Lee Franklin, well-known Texas-style fiddlers. Franklin began entering and fiddler’s contests, including the World Championship, won when he was l6 years old. Franklin performed with dance bands while in high school. After 3 years in the Army (1972-1975), he co-founded the Cooder Browne Band, who"
"Danny Adler Danny Adler (born 1949) is an American blues-rock guitarist. After playing with leading Cincinnati musicians, such as Bootsy Collins, Slim Harpo, H-Bomb Ferguson and Albert Washington, in the early 1960s, he went to San Francisco in 1969 to join John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Solomon Burke, and experimental group Elephant's Memory. Moving to England in 1971, he founded Roogalator, one of the first signings by the fledgling Stiff Records, as well as appearing regularly with Rocket 88, the back-to-the-roots boogie-woogie band which included Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Jack Bruce and many other leading UK-based musicians."
"sheng, viola and percussion, ""Music for a Royal Palace"", was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for Yo-Yo Ma's ""Silk Road Project"". An homage to Thailand's Bang Pa-In Palace, the work incorporates traditional Thai melody and embellishments. It was performed at Zankel Hall in 2006 and recorded at the Tanglewood Music Center that same year. His ""Serpent of Five Tongues"" for sheng and guanzi (traditional Chinese instruments) premiered at the 2011 MATA Festival. Adler was born in Mountain View, California and grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. He developed a connection with music at a young age, playing the pipe organ at"
"[Adler] just ran over there and played [it for him]. They made up the track right on the spot."" ""That was a wild session,"" Lou Adler recalls. ""I probably called Carole [King] and told her to come down, but with Harrison and [Klaus] Voorman—I didn't call and say come in and play. Everyone happened to be in the A&M studios at that particular time, doing different projects. It was spilling out of the studio into the corridors."" Other members of the ad-hoc all-stars included Nicky Hopkins (piano), Tom Scott (sax), Billy Preston (organ), Jimmy Karstein (drums) and Jim Keltner (percussion)."
"James Adler James Adler (born November 19, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and pianist. Adler began his piano studies at age 10 with Elsie K. Brett. His teachers include Rose Willits, Mollie Margolies and Seymour Lipkin. He has coached with Rudolph Ganz, Ivan Moravec, Olga Barabini and Konrad Wolff. In 1967, Adler won the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Youth Auditions and made his debut with the orchestra in January 1968. Subsequently, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in piano performance in 1973 and a Master's Degree in composition in 1976, studying with"
"Steven Adler Steven Adler (born Michael Coletti; January 22, 1965) is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer and co-songwriter of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s. Adler was fired from Guns N' Roses over his heroin addiction in 1990, following which he reformed his old band Road Crew and briefly joined BulletBoys, which both proved unsuccessful. During the 2000s, Adler was the drummer of the band Adler's Appetite, and from 2012, he had held the same position in the band Adler. In early 2017,"
"Christopher Adler Christopher Adler (born 1972) is a musician, composer and music professor at University of San Diego. A virtuoso player of the khaen, a reed instrument native to Laos and Thailand, he has been composing works for the khaen both as a solo instrument and in combination with western instruments since 1996. His works for solo piano include the three-part ""Bear Woman Dances"", commissioned to accompany a dance depicting a Korean creation myth and largely based the Korean musical system nongak. Four of his compositions have been broadcast internationally on WGBH's ""Art of the States"" series. His composition for"
"Tad Kubler Tad Kubler is an American guitarist, known for his work with Lifter Puller, Song of Zarathustra, and, most-notably, The Hold Steady. He previously worked with Brett Johnson, bass player for Atmosphere, in the band Ten-fold Hate, in Minneapolis. He grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Kubler was considered bright and energetic but difficult to handle by most of his high school teachers before he was diagnosed with ADD. He spent a year in college with a major in music at University of Wisconsin–Rock County before dropping out to move to Madison. Kubler"
"Frederick Charles Adler Frederick Charles Adler (usually known as F. Charles Adler) (born on 2 July 1889 in London and died 16 February 1959 in Vienna) was an English-German conductor. Adler studied with Gustav Mahler and served as chorus master at the premiere of Mahler's ""Eighth Symphony"". He was held at Ruhleben internment camp during World War I. He worked as a conductor in Germany in the 1920s, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1933. He made many recordings of the works of Mahler and Anton Bruckner. He made the first commercial recordings of Mahler's ""Third"" and ""Sixth"" symphonies. His"
"New York-based radio program called the ""Hohner Harmony Hour"", which taught listeners how to play. Listeners could play along with the program to increase their proficiency. The radio program gained wide popularity after the unveiling of the 1925 White House Christmas tree, which was adorned with fifty harmonicas. The harmonica's versatility brought it to the attention of classical musicians during the 1930s. American Larry Adler was one of the first harmonica players to perform major works written for the instrument by the composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud, and Arthur Benjamin. Harmonicas were in short supply in the"
"Harmonica player Larry Adler from 1939 to 1949. A highlight of their performances was their version of Gershwin's I Got Rhythm, called a ""show-stopper"". They sued a woman who accused them of being Communists in 1949. The case ended with the jury making no decision, in May 1950. This stopped performances in the US, with a segment already taped, cut from the Ed Sullivan show, ""Toast of the Town"". Neither man was communist, but they did object to the activities of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Both men left the US in 1951. Adler went to England. Draper went"
"Lou Adler Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, music executive, talent manager, songwriter, film director, film producer, and co-owner of the famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of iconic musical artists, including Carole King, Jan & Dean, The Mamas & the Papas and The Grass Roots. King's Diamond-certified album ""Tapestry"", produced by Adler, won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and is widely considered one of the greatest rock & roll albums of all time. Adler was an executive producer of ""The"
"release and tour with Lamb of God. He is the elder brother of Lamb of God bandmate and guitarist Willie Adler. Chris played in several local bands including Calibra, Jettison Charlie, and Grouser before founding Lamb of God in 1994. Adler is pescatarian and has worked with PETA. He is recognized by his left-handed playing on a right-handed kit, his use of the heel-toe technique, his unusual approach to the drum kit. Adler attended Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia; Adler attended college at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia where he met current bandmates John Campbell and Mark"
"Chris Adler Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American drummer, best known as a member and founder of the groove metal band Lamb of God, and Grammy Award winning member of Megadeth. He became a member of thrash metal band Megadeth from 2015-2016, playing on their fifteenth album ""Dystopia"" and performed most live touring dates in support of that album. In his 5th Grammy nomination, ""Dystopia"" won Chris his first Grammy Award for the Best Metal Performance at the 59th Grammy Awards. In 2006 Adler collaborated with revered progressive guitarist Ron Jarzombek beginning the project Blotted Science."
"Sadler, a banjo-playing singer who cracked jokes while playing. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in SUNY Geneseo. Following that, he spent two years at Cornell University where he earned his master's degree in Acting with a minor in Speech Communications. He is a certified speech teacher and practiced in accents. Sadler took his first post-school role in Florida and soon relocated to Boston, moving in with his sister while scrubbing the floors of a lobster boat by day and cutting his acting chops at night. Slowly working up the nerve to take a shot at the big time"
"Richard Adler Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. Adler was born in New York City, the son of Elsa Adrienne (née Richard) and Clarence Adler. His mother was a debutante from Mobile, Alabama. Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a renowned Jewish concert pianist as well as teacher of such composers as Aaron Copland. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II. After his Navy service he"
"Adler (band) Adler was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2011 by original/former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler. The band was formed following the dissolution of Adler's previous band, Adler's Appetite, and consisted of Adler along with current Lynam and former Mars Electric vocalist/guitarist Jacob Bunton, guitarist Lonny Paul (now also of Lynam), and L.A. Guns bassist Johnny Martin. The band was formed in 2011 after the dissolution of Adler's previous band Adler's Appetite. The bands album, ""Back from the Dead"", was released November 26, 2012 via New Ocean Media. During an interview, Jacob Bunton"
"Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt and the Bowling Green Philharmonia. In more recent times his works have also been showcased by leading orchestras around the world including: the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony. Performances of his compositions have been recorded on several record labels including: Albany Records, Linn Records, Navona Records, and Naxos Records. Adler is married to Emily Freeman Brown who is currently serving as Music Director and Conductor of the Bowling Green Philharmonia. Musicologists have noted that Adler's works incorporate a wide range of compositional"