Nathan Gershman, bornNathan Gerschman (November 29, 1917, Philadelphia – September 13, 2008,North Hollywood) was an American cellist andsession musician who played in popular music,jazz, and classical idioms.

Gershman was the brother of violinist Paul Gershman, and received classical training at theCurtis Institute of Music, graduating in 1940. From 1940 to 1947 he played with theCleveland Orchestra, then moved to New York City to work as astudio musician, working in the same capacity in Los Angeles after 1954. In 1957 he replacedFred Katz as cellist inChico Hamilton's band, playing with Hamilton until 1961. As a jazz musician, he also worked in the 1970s withNat Adderley,Gábor Szabó, andRonnie Laws. He was frequently active as a session player and studio musician for television, theater, and recordings in and around Los Angeles from the 1960s into the 1990s, and played on albums byDavid Axelrod,The Beach Boys,Geronimo Black,David Bromberg,Neil Diamond,Lee Hazlewood,Wayne Henderson,Van Dyke Parks,Esther Phillips, andPleasure.

• "Nat Gershman".The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed.Barry Kernfeld.

• 1917 births
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• American jazz cellists
• American male jazz musicians
• American session musicians
• Musicians from Philadelphia
• Curtis Institute of Music alumni
• Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
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• 20th-century American cellists

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