Born in Toledo, OH, Larry Kass displayed musical ability at a young age. Starting with piano at 4 and organ at 8, he was taught at first by his mother, a concert pianist. Trained as a classical pianist, Larry started to play popular music at age 10. He composed and directed prize winning musicals as a college student at the University of Michigan, and has recorded over 80 albums comprising nearly 1500 different songs. In Cleveland, every Tuesday for 7 years he was featured on Piano Playhouse heard on AM 850 WRMR and hosted by Carl Reese. He is also the pianist on WMKV 91.3 FM in Cincinnati, Ohio. Every Wednesday at 11 PM he plays the great American standards on "Music for Midnight" heard in the greater Cincinnati area and around the world on WMKVFM. He was the student of the late theater organ legend, George Wright. Starting in 1997, he recorded 160 songs on 7 separate albums for QRS Music Technologies of Buffalo, NY. These albums can be played on most acoustic pianos equipped with the exclusive QRS Pianomation system.

 

In 2000, Larry became founder and curator of the world famous John Milton Williams Museum of Radio Broadcasting History, a remarkable exhibit of rare microphones and one of a kind artifacts from Radio Yesteryear. Starting in 1993, he was featured pianist and organist on The Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour along with Wayne Mack and Robert Conrad, and heard regularly on Cleveland's award winning fine arts radio station WCLV 104.9 FM. In 2001, he became musical director, script writer, and producer of this nationally renowned show, featuring 15 performers including vocalists, instrumentalists, and announcers. The show is broadcast four times each year on Cleveland's WCLV 104.9 FM and coast to coast and around the world on wclv.com. Each program is unique, and includes original vocal arrangements and orchestrations. Larry also writes popular songs and is a proud member of ASCAP. In the past 3 years, he has written music and lyrics for nearly 4000 songs of different kinds. They are in the style of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties, and include ballads, show tunes, duets, love songs, patriotic songs, ragtime, swing, and seasonal songs.