![]() ![]() Adler's career as a professional mouth organist began when, at the age of 14, he won a statewide harmonica competition with an abbreviated rendition of Beethoven's Minuet in G. His first performing idol was Al Jolson he also admired comedian George Jessel and worked as a sidekick for Eddie Cantor, whom he resembled. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants (the family name was changed from Zelakovitch), Lawrence Cecil Adler was born on Februin Baltimore. Larry Adler was an internationally renowned harmonica virtuoso whose jazz and European classical interpretations brought unprecedented amount of attention and acclaim to the humble mouth organ. ![]()
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