[Harp-L] Larry Adler

[Joseph Leone]

Veeeery interesting. 
As Jerry and I crossed paths occasionally when he lived in Sarasota Fl., and also at Hart’s field airport Atlanta, I recall Jerry telling me that he had written a book. 
BUT that it wouldn’t see the light of day as long as his brother (Larry) was still seeing the light of day. It would be interesting if anyone was to query exactly WHEN
 Jerry’s book came out, and then extrapolate that against the demise of Larry.

smo-joe 


> On Nov 15, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2018, at 10:51 AM, Mick Zaklan <mzaklan at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> …
> 
>> I recall that when he played SPAH, his brother Jerry told a story about
>> himself that I remember Larry attributing to himself.  And both brothers
>> were there!  Don't remember the story, but I was stunned that each was
>> using the same tale.
> 
> That’s funny Mick. That also happened in print as I recall from reading both of their auto-bios years ago. I just did a quick index lookup and on pages 4-5 of Jerry’s “Living From Hand to Mouth” Jerry tells the exact story (as I remember it) that Larry told countless times (not only in his auto-bio) regarding his first encounter with George Gershwin, and of course Jerry tells it as if it happened to him. I wonder if it happened to either of them ;-).
> 
> This always flipped me out because Jerry must have known when he wrote this that Larry tells the same story, but no mention of the discrepancy at all. 
> 
> ….
>>  At the Tango, Larry and I chatted several times and I can tell you his
>> ego was considerable.  I'm sure it rubbed some people wrong, but I found it
>> humorous and part of the guy's charm.  I feel fortunate that my life
>> overlapped his a bit and I got a chance to see him work.
>> 
>> Mick Zaklan
> 
> Yes, I found him charming too and accept his ego and his tall tales as being part of the package — we may never of known his music or his name without them.
> 
> - Slim
> 
> www.SlimAndPenny.com