Ruth Berman was one of the most versatile harpists of the Swing era. Her work ranged from her early orchestral appearances with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, to recordings of her jazz harp arrangements, to her more than 48 years of playing in the studio orchestras of NBC, CBS and ABC. It was during the Swing era of the 1940’s, that she made these recordings for The Standard Program Library, which distributed them across the country. In those days, radio dominated the American imagination much as the internet and technology does in our time. And it was the technology of today that unea… read more
Ruth Berman was one of the most versatile harpists of the Swing era. Her work ranged from her early orchestral appearances with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, to recordings of her jazz harp arrangements, to her more than 48 years of playing in the studio orchestras of NBC, CBS and ABC. It was du… read more
Ruth Berman was one of the most versatile harpists of the Swing era. Her work ranged from her early orchestral appearances with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, to recordings of her jazz harp arrangements, to her more than 48 years of playing in the studio orchestras of NBC, CBS and ABC. It was during the Swing era of the 1940’s, that she made these recordings for The… read more
