Robert Acri (October 1, 1918 – July 25, 2013)[1] was an American jazz pianist. Acri graduated from Austin High School in Chicago. While at Austin High, he began his career at the NBC Orchestra on the Dave Garroway Radio Show. He was a classically trained pianist, studying with Rudolph Ganz and Fred Euing. He also studied composition with Dr. Karel Jirak and Bill Russo. During his career he played in the radio orchestras of NBC and ABC, as well as in the House Band of the Chicago nightclub Mister Kelly's. He toured with Harry James and accompanied Lena Horne, Mike Douglas, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Buddy Rich, and Woody Herman. He earned his Bachelor's of Music and Master's of Music degree from Roosevelt University when he was in his late 70s. He ended his career as the leader of the house band at the Cantina Room of the Continental Plaza Hotel.
Acri released two solo albums of instrumental tracks in 2001 and 2004. "Sleep Away", a composition that appeared on his 2004 self-titled album, was selected by Microsoft as a sample demo music for Windows 7 to demonstrate the newly released Windows Media Player.[2]
acri, robert, acri, october, 1918, july, 2013, american, jazz, pianist, acri, graduated, from, austin, high, school, chicago, while, austin, high, began, career, orchestra, dave, garroway, radio, show, classically, trained, pianist, studying, with, rudolph, ga. Robert Acri October 1 1918 July 25 2013 1 was an American jazz pianist Acri graduated from Austin High School in Chicago While at Austin High he began his career at the NBC Orchestra on the Dave Garroway Radio Show He was a classically trained pianist studying with Rudolph Ganz and Fred Euing He also studied composition with Dr Karel Jirak and Bill Russo During his career he played in the radio orchestras of NBC and ABC as well as in the House Band of the Chicago nightclub Mister Kelly s He toured with Harry James and accompanied Lena Horne Mike Douglas Ella Fitzgerald Barbra Streisand Buddy Rich and Woody Herman He earned his Bachelor s of Music and Master s of Music degree from Roosevelt University when he was in his late 70s He ended his career as the leader of the house band at the Cantina Room of the Continental Plaza Hotel Bob AcriBornRobert Acri 1918 10 01 October 1 1918Chicago Illinois United StatesDiedJuly 25 2013 2013 07 25 aged 94 Evanston Illinois United StatesNationalityItalian AmericanOccupationJazz pianistAcri released two solo albums of instrumental tracks in 2001 and 2004 Sleep Away a composition that appeared on his 2004 self titled album was selected by Microsoft as a sample demo music for Windows 7 to demonstrate the newly released Windows Media Player 2 Discography edit2001 Timeless The Music of Bob Acri 2004 Sleep Away with George Mraz Ed Thigpen Lew Soloff Frank Wess and Diane Delin References edit Robert R Acri s Obituary on Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune July 28 2013 Archived from the original on December 13 2018 Retrieved February 27 2018 Piano Man Bob Acri Bobacri com Archived from the original on April 11 2018 Retrieved February 27 2018 External links editBiography Official Website Archived nbsp This article about a United States jazz musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Acri amp oldid 1182316035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
