Robert R. Faulkner learned the trumpet in Los Angeles and sat at the feet of greats like Shorty Rogers and Chet Baker in the legendary Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California. But he also got a Ph. D. in sociology from UCLA and then taught at the University of Rochester and the University of Massachusetts for a long time. He is the author of two important books about the movie business, Hollywood Studio Musicians and Music on Demand: Composers and Careers in the Hollywood Film Industry.

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