Emil Richards
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Emil Richards is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussive instruments. He is a "first call" percussionist for the Hollywood film industry, and has played for hundreds of films. He was in The Zodiac and has played for many groups, including The Doors, George Harrison and Frank Sinatra. He has served several terms on the Board of Directors for the Percussive Arts Society, and donated the largest single-donor collection of instruments to the society museum.
Emil Richards, born September 2nd, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut started playing the xylophone at age six. He is a graduate of Julius Hart School of Music, (now known as University of Connecticut) and Hillard College.