page_title: Larry Klein
section_title: Early life and musical career
hierarchical_section_title: Larry Klein / Early life and musical career
caption_attribution_description: English: Bass player Larry Klein, Freddie Hubbard Quintet, performing at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, July 1978.
context_page_description: Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and head of Strange Cargo, an imprint with Universal Music Group.
  Klein began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo and Freddie Hubbard. He went on to perform with other jazz artists such as Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, and Dianne Reeves. As a bass player he has worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, Lindsey Buckingham, and Randy Newman.
  Klein has produced albums for musicians such as Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Shawn Colvin, Holly Cole, Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot and Tracy Chapman. Klein has won Grammys for his work on Mitchell's Turbulent Indigo and Both Sides Now; and Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.
context_section_description: Klein grew up in Monterey Park, California, the son of a Jewish aerospace engineer father and a stay at home mother. When Klein was in the junior high school, his mother enrolled him in The Community School for the Performing Arts, an after-school music program sponsored by the University of Southern California. Klein  studied music composition and music theory through the program and began playing in rock bands. By the time he was 17, Klein became interested in the technical challenges jazz music presented to him.
  After graduating from high school early and enrolling at California State University, Klein began to work with various jazz and Latin music groups. He also toured as a sideman while a student at California State. His first job as a touring musician was with Freddie Hubbard. He also played with artists such as Carmen McRae, Wayne Shorter, Willie Bobo and Joe Henderson during this period. After five years of touring, Klein landed a year residency as the bass player for the TV program, The Merv Griffin Show. As a bassist, Klein has worked with Robbie Robertson, Don Henley, Bob Dylan, Dianne Reeves, Neil Diamond, Warren Zevon and others.
caption: Larry Klein performing at the 1978 Pori Jazz Festival
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