Person · Male
Al Lerner
big band composer/conductor/pianist
- From
- Cleveland, United States
- Active
- 1919–2014
- Releases
- 2
About
Al Lerner (1919 – January 19, 2014) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor from the big band era. He was a member of the Harry James band for many years, playing piano. He wrote music for several artists, including Allan Sherman and Liza Minnelli. He also wrote the music for "So Until I See You", the closing theme for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar in the early 1960s, and was the pianist for A Tribute to Eddie Duchin, which was a soundtrack for the 1956 biographical film pic The Eddy Duchin Story.
Member of
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Al Lerner Quintet eponymous, principal
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Also known as
Albert Lerner
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7a8613d2-948f-46cd-a54a-925e19df6fe5
- ISNI
- 0000000041504302
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