Manhattan School of Music faculty

Larry Ridley (born September 3, 1937) is an American jazz bassist and music educator.

Raymond Lewenthal (August 29, 1923 – November 21, 1988) was an American virtuoso pianist. Among his teachers were Olga Samaroff, who was a pupil of Charles-Valentin Alkan's son, Élie-Miriam Delaborde.