Today is the birthday of Roger Wolfe Kahn (1907-1962). The son of millionaire industrialist and patron of the arts Otto Kahn, he had plenty of backing to start his own orchestra in 1923 at age 16. The fact that he was enormously talented (he essentially played every instrument) did not hurt the band’s success. Roger […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:20AM on September 19, 2013