Cellist who is equally at home playing Mozart as playing second fiddle to The Monkees.
Filmography includes Ben-Hur, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Che!, Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon, Head, and The Sandpiper.
Raph has recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Pat Boone, Benny Carter, Sammy Davis, Jr., Doris Day, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, The Platters, Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra, Deniece Williams, and Nancy Wilson.
Classical credits include a stint with The Westwood Trio and as one of the musicians on Cello Galaxy, featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Heitor Villa-Lobos, and conducted by Felix Slatkin.
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams recordings
Emotion (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb)
S CBS 6164B (UK 45)
Lalo Schifrin recordings
Love Rhapsody from “The Concorde – Airport ’79” (Lalo Schifrin)
Theme from “The Concorde – Airport ’79” (Lalo Schifrin)
Here’s “Tears” from Feelings: Milt Jackson with Strings which Raphael performs on…
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