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Gerson Oberstein

American violinist from the big band era. Played with [a=Charlie Parker] and [a=Glen Miller]. The child of dutch immigrants studied music at The Juilliard School in New York. He played with big bands, but also with the symphony orchestras in Baltimore and Cleveland. He also entered the world of television in its early stages, working in the television studio control room and as a transmitter operator for KHQA-TV in Quincy, IL from 1954-1958. From 1959-1979 he worked as a broadcast engineer at KRON-TV in San Francisco. After his retirement, he played with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra for 20 years. Born on Mar. 18, 1914, in Ossining, NY Died on Aug. 12, 2003 in San Francisco, CA