Arthur Ferrante, 1921-2009

September 22, 2009 by Robert Nedelkoff | Filed Under Entertainment, In Memoriam, Music 

In August of last year I noted the death of Lou Teicher, who, with Art Ferrante, formed the “grand twins of the twin grands,” a duo trained at Juilliard whose instrumental renditions (often of movie themes) were a mainstay of American easy-listening stations throughout the Sixties and Seventies and earned them invitations to perform for Presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan. Last Saturday, Ferrante passed away as well, at his home in the Florida Keys. Here are Ferrante and Teicher circa 1970, complete with their trademark bushy sideburns and mustaches, inimitable dinner jackets, and black-rimmed glasses, at their back-to-back pianos, performing the “Theme from Exodus.”

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