Larry Adler Larry Adler Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin. During his later career he collaborated with Sting, Elton John, Kate Bush and Cerys Matthews. Adler was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Sadie Hack and Louis Adler. They were a Jewish family. He graduated from Baltimore City College high school. He taught himself harmonica, which he called a mouth organ. He played professionally at 14. In 1927, he won a contest sponsored by the
Julia Adler Julia Adler "For the German violinist, see Julia Rebekka Adler". Julia Adler, also known as Julia Adler Foshko (July 4, 1897 – June 3, 1995) was an actress, the last surviving child of Jacob Pavlovich Adler. She was known for among other roles playing Jessica to her father's Shylock and appearing in the plays of Jacob Gordin. Starting as a child in Yiddish theater she made her English-language debut in 1922. She last appeared on Broadway in 1939 but her New York Times obituary quoted their then drama critic Brooks Atkinson saying she improved on the previous performance of her