Jazz pianist, conductor, and arranger. He studied at the New England Conservatory in the early 1930's, and by 1937 had moved to New York, where he performed with Wingy Manone and recorded with Ziggy Elman, whose Love is the sweetest thing (1939) is a good example of his early style. He played in the big bands of Gene Krupa (1938-9, 1941-2), Teddy Powell (1939-40), Alvino Rey (1940), and Tommy Dorsey (1942-4), recording with all but Rey. Raskin then moved to Los Angeles, where he recorded with Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday, Woody Herman and Manone, Sarah Vaughn, Georgie Auld, B.B. King, Stan Kenton, and others. He also worked as a music director, conductor, and arranger for studio orchestras and occasionally wrote lyrics for pop songs. -- from The New Grove Dictionary of American Music.
From the description of Milton Raskin Papers, 1934-1985 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79947371
