 His conducting career included his founding of the Concert Arts Orchestra and appearances with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.He was Frank Sinatra's concertmaster and conductor of choice during the Capitol years of the 1950s.He made over 25 recordings with these orchestras, also on the Capitol label, including a recording of Offenbach’s "Gaîté Parisienne" (a ballet arranged by Manuel Rosenthal), which won a Grammy Award in 1958.