Freelance composer and arranger for recordings, musical commercials and television industrial films. As a teenager, he began working as a pianist in clubs. He later worked with
Bobby Darin,
Tony Bennett,
Frank Sinatra,
Perry Como,
Liza Minnelli, and
Clay Aiken, and he provided the string orchestrations for a number of records, including the
John Lennon album "Imagine". He also did arranging for
Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra on "The Tonight Show".