Kenneth Ascher

• "Three for the Show", m & arr. Ascher (1960) • "The White Rabbit", music & arr. Ascher (1960) • "Scotch Mist", music & arr. by Ascher (1960) • "Theme for Ken's Men", m & arr. Ascher (1960) • "Retrospect", words & arr. Ascher (1960) • "Typically April: A Revolutionary Musical", lyrics and music by Ascher (1966) • "Stars and Sand" (1967) • "Nightling" (1967) • "April's in my Lady's Face" (1967) • "Colors" (1967) • "Dressed Up For a Dream" (1967) • "These blues were made for cookin' " (1967) • "Who can hear the nightingale?" (1967) • "It seems different to me now" (1967) • "Lullaby" (1967) • "Last night's rain" (1967) • "Laughin' Place" (1967) • "Miss Fitz" (1967) • "Maybe another spring" (1967) • "Funny little girl" (1967) • "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" (1968) • "1968 Baltimore Colts Highlights" (ASCAP 1968) • "Music for Orchestra" (Master's essay, Columbia University) (1968) • "Bittersweet wild child", words by Donna Lee, music by Ascher (1968) • "Cavettina" (1968) • "Silent Partners", words Donna Lee, music Ascher (1968) • "So I told it to the rain", words Donna Lee Levitt (Donna Lee), music by Ascher (1968) • "You can't make this child cry", words Donna Lee Levitt, music by Ascher (1968) • "Here I Go Again", words Donna Lee (Donna Lee Levitt), music by Ascher (1968) • "My memory bank's been robbed", words Donna Lee (Donna Lee Levitt), music by Ascher (1968) • "Leaf in the Wind", words and music by Lon Ritchie & Ascher (1969) • "Omnibus", words & music by Ascher, Donna Lee & Joe Renzetti (1969) • "One for Jim" (1970) • "Another Kind of Blues" (1970) • "Mosaics: a piece for guitar, string quartet and woodwind quartet with accompanying aesthetic commentary and description" (thesis for Columbia University) (1972) • "Inspiration", by Paul Williams, Ascher (1973) • "Bugaloo and Such" (1973) • "Play, piper, play", words Donna Lee Levitt, music Ascher (1973) • "Little Bit of Love", words & music by Paul Williams & Ascher (1974) • "Lone Star", words & music by Paul Williams & Ascher (1974) • "Loneliness", words & music Paul Williams & Ascher (1974) • "Nilsson sings Newman", by Paul Williams, Ascher (1974) • "Sad Song", words & music Paul Williams & Ascher (1974) • "Sunday", words & music Paul Williams & Ascher (1974) • "You Know Me", by Paul Williams, Ascher (1974) • "She Sings for Free", words & music by Paul Williams & Ascher (1974, 2002) • "You and Me Against the World", Paul Williams, Ascher (1974) • "Makin' the same mistakes" (1974) • "Isn't It Odd?" (1974) • "Candlelight Dreamer" (1974) • "Bein' a Movie Star" (1974) • "Coming Undone" (1974) • "With You", words Carole Bayer Sager, music Ascher (1975) • "Don't you worry child", words Carole Bayer Sager, music Ascher (1975) • From the 1976 film, A Star is Born • "Watch Closely Now", Paul Williams, Ascher • "Hellacious Acres", Paul Williams, Ascher • "The Woman in the Moon", Paul Williams, Ascher • "Finale: With One More Look at You/Watch Closely Now", Paul Williams, Ascher • Run for life, vocal music by Ascher, lyrics by Albert Lerman (1978) • From the 1979 film, The Muppet Movie • "Rainbow Connection", words & music by Ascher and Paul Williams (1979) • "Movin' Right Along", Paul Williams & Ascher (1979) • "Never Before, Never Again!", – Miss Piggy, Paul Williams & Ascher (1979) • "Never Before, Never Again!", – Instrumental, Paul Williams & Ascher (1979) • "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along!", – Kermit and Rowlf, Paul Williams & Ascher (1979) • "Can You Picture That?", Paul Williams & Ascher (1979) • "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along!", – Instrumental • "For Goodness Sake", Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • "Finale, the magic store", Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • For the Life of Me, Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • Making Friends, Waring & LaRosa; arr. Ascher (1979) • Gift, Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • Little more like you, Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • Save me a dream, Paul Williams, Ascher (1979) • Go Away • Song for children of all ages, words and music by Ascher • Kenny's ballad, music by Ascher (1980) • Perfect Crime, music & lyrics by Ascher & John Barranco (1989)

As leader • Kenny Ascher, the Moog Machine, Switched-On Rock (played on Moog by Kenny) Columbia Records (1969) • Kenny Ascher, Christmas Becomes Electric / The Moog (played on Moog by Kenny) Columbia Records (1970) As arranger • Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd, Concerto for Herd (Monterey Jazz Festival), Verve Records (September 17, 1967) • Woody's Boogaloo, arranged by Ascher • Paul Williams, Here Comes Inspiration, (LP) (Ascher is producer, conductor, arranger, writer and pianist) A&M Records (1974) • Airto Moreira, Virgin Land (Salvation, 1974) • Helen Reddy, No Way To Treat A Lady, Capitol Records (1975) • B3 – You Know Me, by Ascher and Williams • Lori Lieberman, Letting Go, RCA Victor, arrangements by Ascher (June 19, 1978) As sideman or band member, on keyboards • Howard Tate, Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool), The Hit Factory (Oct 12, 1971) • Tom Scott, Smoothin' On Down, Epic/Ode, New York City (July 1971) • The J.B.s, "Food For Thought" People Records New York, 1971, (Ascher electric piano) • Patti LaBelle, Moon Shadow (Ascher performs on tracks A3, A4, B2, B4), Warner Bros. Records (1972) • Yvonne Elliman, Yvonne Elliman, Decca Records (1972) • Bill Quateman, Bill Quatemen, (Ascher plays keyboards, produced the album, and wrote the string arrangements) CBS Records (1972) • John Lennon, Mind Games (1973) • Johnny Hartman, I've Been There (1973) • Cecil Holmes, Cecil Homes Soulful Sounds, The – Black Motion Picture Experience, Buddah Records (1973) • Bette Midler, Bette Midler, Atlantic Records (1973) • Morgana King, New Beginnings, Paramount Records (1973) • A4 – The Sands of Time and Changes (Ascher, piano) • B2 – A Song for You (Ascher, piano) • Mark Murphy, Mark II, Muse Records (1973) • John Prine, Sweet Revenge, Atlantic Records (1973) • Carly Simon, Hotcakes, Elektra Records (1974) • Martha Reeves, Martha Reeves, MCA Records (1974) • B2 – Sweet Misery (Ascher plays clavinet and organ) • Johnny Winter, John Dawson Winter III Columbia Records (1974) • John Lennon, "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (single) (Ascher plays clavinet) Apple Records (1974) • John Lennon, Walls and Bridges (Ascher plays keyboards), Apple Records (1974) • Paul Williams, A Little Bit of Love, by Ascher & Nice to Be Around, by Williams (Ascher is producer, conductor, arranger, writer and pianist) 45 RMP, Promo (1974) • Paul Williams, A Little Bit of Love (Ascher is producer, conductor, arranger, writer and pianist), A&M Records (1974) • A1 – A Little Bit of Love, by Ascher • A4 – Sunday, by Ascher • B2 – She Sings for Free, by Ascher • B5 – Loneliness, by Ascher • B6 – Sad Song, by Ascher • James Taylor, Walking Man, Warner Bros. Records (1974) • Harry Nilsson, Pussy Cats (Ascher: piano, conductor, orchestration), RCA Victor (1974) • Yoko Ono, Feeling the Space (recorded 1974, released 1997) • Airto, Virgin Land, Salvation (Feb. 1974) • B4 – I Don't Have to Do What I Don't Want to Do (Ascher plays melletron on this track) • Judy Collins, Judith, Elektra Records (1975) • Merry Clayton, Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow, Ode Records (1975) • John Lennon, Rock 'n' Roll (Ascher plays keyboards), Capitol Records (1975) • Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (Ascher plays organ), Warner Bros. Records (1975) • Gladys Knight & The Pips, 2nd Anniversary (Ascher plays keyboards) (1975) • B1 – You and Me Against the World, arr Don Hannah, written by Ascher and Williams • John Tropea, The Jingle, West Orange, New Jersey, Marlin (1975) • Frankie Valli, Closeup, Private Stock Records (1975) • Dr. John, Hollywood Be Thy Name, United Artists Records (1975) • Nanette Natal, The Beginning, New York, Evolution (date unknown, prob late 1970s) • Leslie West, The Leslie West Band Phantom Records, distributed by RCA Records, and later, ESP Management Inc. (1975) • Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born (soundtrack), Columbia Records (1976) • A1 – Watch Closely Now, by Ascher • A5 – Hellacious Acres, by Ascher • B1 – The Woman in the Moon, by Ascher and Williams • B4 – Finale: With One More Look At You / Watch Closely Now, by Ascher and Williams • Paul Williams, Classics, A&M Records (1977) • A2 – You and Me Against the World, by Ascher and Williams • A4 – Loneliness, by Ascher and Williams • B2 – With One More Look at You, by Ascher and Williams • (Ascher produced tracks: A2, A4, B4, B5) • Phoebe Snow, Never Letting Go, Columbia Records (Ascher performs on keyboards and orchestrates on selections) (1977) • Frankie Valli, Lady Put the Light Out, Private Stock Records (1977) • Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell, Epic Records (1977) (RIAA 14xPlatinum Certified) • A3 – Heaven Can Wait (string arrangement by Ascher) • B1 – Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (string arrangement by Ascher) • Tom Scott, Blow It Out, Ode Records (1977) • A2 – Smoothin' On Down (Ascher plays clavinet on this track) • Maynard Ferguson, Conquistador, Columbia Records (1977) • The Muppets, Movin' Right Along, (45 RPM) CBS Records Australia (1979) • The Muppets, The Muppet Movie Original Soundtrack Recording (Ascher co-writes, co-arranges, and performs on keyboards), Columbia Records (1979) • Perry Como, Perry Como, RCA Victor (1980) • Earl Klugh, Late Night Guitar • Yoko Ono, Walking On Thin Ice (45 RPM), Geffen Records (1981) • B – It Happened (Ascher, keyboards on the flipside only) • Marvin Stamm, Stammpede, New York, Palo Alto (1983) • Peter Dean, Radio, Inner City Records, New York (1984) • Pat Williams' New York Band, 10th Avenue, New York, Soundwings (Dec. 1986) • Warren Bernhardt, Hands On (Kenny performs on the 2nd and 4th works) (CD) (1987) • Dr. John, Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology, Rhino Records (1993) • 2-15 – Back by the River (Ascher plays keyboard) • David Matthews Orchestra, Furuhata Jazz in N.Y., New York, WEA (Japan) (1997) • The Wiz (Original Soundtrack), MCA Records (1997) • Gary LeMel, Moonlighting (Ascher is assistant conductor), Skylark Atlantic 83178-2 (1998) • Alex Donner, White Tie, New York & Astoria, Black Tie Records (Mar 10, 1998-Sep 8, 2000) • Patti LaBelle, Labelle, Wounded Bird Records (2000) • 1 – Morning Much Better, Ascher – piano • 6 – Running Out of Fools – If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody, Ascher – piano • 10 – Time, Ascher – piano • 11 – When the Sun Comes Shining Through (The Ladder), Ascher – piano • Wally Dunbar, Everything in Time, Nardis Consolidated Artists CAP953 (2000) • Nelson Foltz, The Longing Hours, New York & Northvale, N.J., Syberdelix (2001) • Jane Monheit, In the Sun, New York, N Coded Music (March–June 2002) • Jane Monheit, Live at the Rainbow Room, N Coded Music (September 23, 2002) • Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East, Live at "Birdland", Summit Records (March 10, 2003) • Clay Aiken, Merry Christmas with Love, RCA Records (2004) • Susan Robkin, Surfacing to Breathe (May 2004) • Don Payne (bass), Rhapsodic Echoes, (Ascher plays piano on tracks 5 & 8) Recycled Notes Music Company (May 5, 2004) • 5 – Unscheduled Departures • 8 – M.A.P.S. (Bob Mann, Kenny Ascher, Don Payne, Allen Schwartzberg) • Scott Whitfield, Diamonds for Nat, New York, Summit Records (April 12 & 13, 2005) • Rod Stewart, Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV, J-Records (Oct. 18, 2005) • Steve Tyrell, The Disney Standards, Walt Disney Records (2006) • 10 – When She Loved Me (Ascher, keyboards) • 14 – Baby Mine, (Ascher, keyboards & string arrangements) • Steve Tyrell, Back to Bacharach, Koch Records (2008) • 4 – One Less Bell to Answer (piano, Ascher; arr Bacharach; strings arr, Ascher) • 11 – Close to You (Ascher, piano) • 12 – A House is Not a Home (Ascher, piano) • The Birdland Big Band, The Lew Anderson Tribute Concert (live), I.E.G. Inc. (June 1, 2007) • Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band, Live from New York (DVD) I.E.G. Inc. (Jan 1, 2009)) • Andy Farber and His Orchestra, This Could be the Start of Something Big (2009) • Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band, Eleven (11-11-11) • Ron Sunshine "Bring It Home" Rondette Jazz (November 20, 2015) Ascher piano.

Awards • 1976 — Golden Globe for Best Original Score, A Star is Born, 34th Golden Globe Awards, Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams Nominations • 1978 — Anthony Asquith Award nomination for Film Music, A Star is Born, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Kenny Ascher • 1979 — Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song, Rainbow Connection, 37th Golden Globe Awards, Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams • 1979 — Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score, The Muppet Movie, 52nd Academy Awards, Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams • 1979 — Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, The Muppet Movie, 52nd Academy Awards, Kenny Ascher & Paul Williams • Past Grammy Nominations • Nominee — Genre — Category — Title — Performing Artist • 17th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 16, 1973, and Oct 15, 1974) March 1, 1975 • Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher — Songwriters Award — Song of the Year — You and Me Against the World — |Helen Reddy • 20th Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 1976, and Sep 30, 1977) February 23, 1977 • |Kenny Ascher, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Barbra Streisand, Donna Weiss, Paul Williams, Kenny Loggins — Composers and Arrangers — |Best Album of an Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a TV Special — A Star is Born — |Motion Picture • 22nd Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 1978, and Sep 30, 1979) February 27, 1980 • |Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher — Composers and Arrangers — |Best Album of an Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a TV Special — The Muppet Movie — |Motion Picture