Milt Raskin was an American swing jazz pianist and arranger born in the United States in 1916. Milton Raskin performed with Wingy Manone in 1937 and with the Gene Krupa orchestra between 1938 and 1939. They performed in the orchestra of Tommy Dorsey between 1942 and 1944. Raskin worked as a musical director for MGM and Capitol Records, collaborating with artists including Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and Stan Kenton. Their discography as a leader includes the albums Kapu (Forbidden) (1959) and Exotic Percussion (1960). Raskin provided arrangements for the soundtracks of the films Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). Raskin died in 1977.
