TVL
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
Is:
Work field:
Birth:
15 June 1918(Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Death:
1 September 2002(Staten Island, New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Vanig Rupen Hovsepian (June 15, 1918 – September 1, 2002), better known as Turk Van Lake, was an American arranger, composer and jazz guitarist.
Born in Boston, he studied composition at the Boston Conservatory and went on to play with Charlie Barnet, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Sarah Vaughan, and with the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
In the 1950s he wrote for Metronome magazine.
Until his retirement in 1993, he was as an adjunct music professor at the College of Staten Island.
Discography
With Herbie Mann
- Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Atlantic, 1965)