Ludwig Elias Gluskin (December 16, 1898, New York City

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? or Russia

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? - October 13, 1989, Palm Springs, California

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) was a jazz

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 bandleader.

Gluskin drummed for bands in France

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 in the 1920s, including at the Casino de Paris

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. In 1927, he was offered the leadership of The Playboys, a Detroit jazz band which had been stranded in Paris; he led the group in Venice

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 in 1927 and Paris in 1928, eventually expanding them into his own orchestra. With this ensemble, Gluskin recorded more than 700 titles in Paris and Berlin

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 and toured Europe extensively through 1933. His sidemen included Arthur Briggs

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, Faustin Jeanjean, Emile Christian

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, Leo Vauchant, Howard Mulvany and Danny Polo

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.

The rise of Hitler made it difficult for Gluskin, a Jew, to find work in central Europe, and he eventually decided to leave the Continent. Upon returning to the United States

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, Gluskin led dance bands and worked on radio. He took the position of director of music for CBS

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 in 1937, working out of Hollywood.

In the early 1950s he provided music for the Burns and Allen TV show.