LEN’S RESUME 1/2020
Lenny LaCroix was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts all too many years ago. He started playing drums at age five and then, piano at age six. At age twelve he formed his first band which me lead, played and arranged for. At age seventeen he attended the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford in Bloomfield Ct. He was first in his class for the first two years and completed the four year course in three years. During his undergraduate years he formed his second band, a jazz quartet, which competed and won second place in the Georgetown Intercollegiate Jazz Festival. He went on to attain his Masters Degree. During his post gradutate studies, he became a teaching fellow at Hartt.
In 1069 he relocated to Los Angeles where he has worked as a pianist, arranger, conductor and composer for a rather eclectic group of clients who include but are not limited to:
The Academy Awards (8 years)
Frank Sinatra
Michael Jackson
Barbra Streisand
Debbie Reynolds
Donald O’Conner
Gene Kelley
Gene Nelson
Ice Capades
Julie Andrews
Bette Midler
Jim Henson
Shirley Maclaine
Ann Margret
Sid Caesar and Imogene Cocoa
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Siegfried and Roy
Carol Burnette
Englebert Humperdinck
Tony Danza
Lucille Ball
He has done film projects with Blake Edwards, Mark Rydell and Gene Saks.
He has written dance music for choreographers Michael Kidd, Gene Kelley, Onna White, Joe Layton, Debbie Allen, Paula Abdul, Gene Nelson, Allen Johnson,
Anita Mann and Danny Daniels to name a few.
He has worked on television projects with producer/directors Nick Vanoff, Marty Passetta, Don Mischer, Pierre and John Cossette, George Slaughter, Lee Mendleson, Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion.
He has produced music for royal Carribean, Radisson, Holland America, Silverseas and Oceana cruise lines.