Session violinist and violist born who has worked with Cannonball Adderley, Pat Boone, Harry Chapin, Stanley Clarke, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, Rita Coolidge, Bobby Darin, Doris Day, Neil Diamond, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stan Getz, Julio Iglesias, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Johnny Mathis, Sergio Mendes, The Monkees, Jaye P. Morgan, Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Frank Sinatra, The Turtles, and Sarah Vaughan.
A violist with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra between 1974 and 1979, he performed on the soundtracks of The Amityville Horror and The Concorde – Airport ’79.
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)
He performs here on “Prisoner of Love” by Frankie Crocker & The Heart and Soul Orchestra…
Sources:
- https://newspaperarchive.com/gareth-nuttycombe-ssdi-fchgjfeh/
- http://home.cogeco.ca/~mansion1/garethnuttycombe.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_(orchestra)
- http://www.songsofsamcooke.com/songs/nothing_can_change_this_love.htm
- http://www.geocities.com/htmfc/musicbox3.html
- http://www.dougpayne.com/lsd76_85.htm
- http://www.rylanders.free-online.co.uk/RySite/RyPages/RitaCoolidge.html
- http://www.bluedesert.dk/related.html
- http://www.bobbydarin.net/band2.html