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Jan 18, 2004 · Donald Leight was born in the Bronx on Feb. 7, 1923. He studied trumpet with his grandfather, Harry Gurovitch, a Russian-born classical trumpet player, and as a teenager was in a youth band with ...
Jan 3, 2004 · Donald Leight is credited as Musician. ... Trumpet: Don Leight; MusicalRevueOriginal. Hair (Apr 29, 1968 - Jul 01, 1972) Trumpet: Donald Leight; MusicalOriginal. CREDITS
New York City, 1953-1985. Side Man is a memory play by Warren Leight. His inspiration was his father Donald, who worked as a sideman, in jazz parlance a musician for hire who can blend in with the band or star as a solo performer, according to what is required by the gig.
- March 11, 1998
- Warren Leight
- New York City, 1953-1985
Donald Leight, the obscure jazz trumpet player whose life was dramatized in his son Warren's Tony Award-winning play, Side Man , died Jan. 3 at a Manhattan hospital, the New York Times reported.
Jan 19, 2004 · Donald Leight, a trumpet player who worked as a sideman with big bands, in nightclubs and on Broadway and whose life was the inspiration for the award-winning play “Side Man,” written by his ...
Jun 19, 2014 · pcooper@tennessean.com. 0:02. 1:00. April 22, 1937 - June 18, 2014. Most every day, Gospel Music Hall of Famer Don Light offered this advice: "If you can find a need and fill it, you've got a job ...
Jun 19, 2014 · Light, who died Wednesday at age 77, found many needs, and filled them. He played drums on the Grand Ole Opry. He produced hundreds of records. He co-founded the Gospel Music Association in 1965 ...
