Larry Fotine

Larry Fotine (1911 - November 1990)[1] was an American jazz pianist, songwriter and producer. He was born Larry Fotinakis,[2] or more accurately Lawrence Constantine Fotinakis.[3] Fotine was a self-taught musician.[4] He led an orchestra in the early 1930s and from 1948 to 1954.[4] Between these periods, he concentrated on arranging, including for bandleader Sammy Kaye.[4] After the orchestra projects, Fotine recorded with his new band, Beale Street Buskers, and returned to arranging, this time for Lawrence Welk.[4] Later, he composed for Buttons and Rusty cartoons, and wrote music theory books.[4]

Discography

  • Plain Vanilla (LP) with the Beale Street Buskers
  • Plain Vanilla (EP) with the Beale Street Buskers (1959)
  • Blue Ha Ha / Phantasmagoria (single) (1977)

Song writing

  • "Honestly, I Love You" (1947)
  • "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)" (1947) with words by William E. Faber & Fred Meadows

References

  1. ^ Larry C Fotinakis
  2. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 65.
  3. ^ "Larry Fotine: Article 1 - National Jazz Archive". nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  4. ^ a b c d e Chadbourne, Eugene. "Larry Fotine". AllMusic. Retrieved April 3, 2019.


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