Lud Gluskin

Elias Ludwig " Lud " Gluskin ( born December 16, 1898 in New York City as Ludwig Grassnick, † October 13, 1989 in Palm Springs ( California)) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader and musical director.

Ludwig Gluskin gained his first experience in the band of his childhood friend, the comedian Jimmy Durante. Early in his career he was a percussionist in the orchestra of Paul Whiteman and then headed his own jazz groups before he began a second career as a musical director at Columbia Broadcasting System. With Whiteman he came to Europe and settled in France. In 1927, he headed the Playboys, a native of Detroit jazz band, with which he, inter alia, occurred at the Casino de Paris. The Playboys took over 700 pieces in Paris and Berlin, and often went on tours in Europe. In the orchestra, among others played Georg Haentzschel, Léo Arnaud, Arthur Briggs, Faustin Jeanjean, Emile Christian and Danny Polo. Gluskin also appeared under the band name Lud Gluskin And His Versatile Juniors, with whom he recorded in Paris in 1928. Then he held until 1931 in Berlin, where he recorded records for Homocord, Polydor and Ultraphon.

As a Jew Gluskin had increasingly in Central Europe struggle to find work opportunities and finally returned in 1933 to New York City. There he initially headed dance bands, and worked in radio. In 1935, he got a job with CBS, first as head of the music section at CBS Radio, 1937., He was responsible for the music of Orson Welles' famous radio broadcast War of the Worlds (1938). In 1940 he was nominated for the film score for The Man in the Iron Mask for an Oscar; In 1944 he wrote the music for the feature film Abroad with Two Yanks. In 1948 he was given the post of musical director at the television station of the CBS. The early 1950s, he was responsible for the music for the Alan Young Show and the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He also took on record with Buddy Clark.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Black and White Jazz in Europe in 1929

Lexical entries

• Jürgen Wölfer Jazz in Germany - The lexicon. All musicians and record companies from 1920 to today. Hannibal Verlag yards in 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4