Born April 15, 1937· North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
† Died September 13, 2017
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Born to Italian parents in North Adams, Massachusetts, and raised in Jersey City, he grew up mastering drums, piano and trumpet before working as a studio musician for artists such as Paul Anka and Del Shannon; his own jazz group eventually led to a comedy partnership with Joe Pesci that opened doors to low-budget gangster films. Scorsese discovered him after a performance in The Death Collector,…
