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A young violin virtuoso, Max Lieb poses with his instrument.
National High School Or-
chestra in 1928. The graduate
of Northern High School has
the picture of this youthful or-
chestra hanging on an apart-
ment wall.
He also remembers turning
down the first scholarship to
the Interlochen music school
in Michigan because he was
working at the Royal Oak
Theater, playing the violin in
the orchestra pit.
He even remembers many
of the concerts he performed
during his three years as a
member of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra (DSO).
"I couldn't continue for long
with the symphony because
at that time the orchestra on-
ly worked 21 weeks a year. I
was only making $65 a week
as a violinist for the DSO. I
had to choose between work-
ing at WJR-Radio for 52
weeks a year or with the sym-
phony for only half a year,"
Leib explained.
Leib remembers his sym-
phony years best for the guest
conductors and soloists who
performed with the DSO —
violinist Jascha Heifetz and
conductors William
Steinberg, Fritz Reiner and
the then 21-year-old Leonard
Bernstein, to name a few.
He also remembers that
playing with the DSO wasn't
his favorite job. "I liked to
play the hot fiddle — jazz —
best," Leib added. "I
discovered this form of fiddl-
ing and decided I wanted to
give it a try. It was during the
1930s while I was working for
the conductor Sam Jack
Kaufman at the Fox Theater.
"I got a terrific jazz pianist,
Joe Kreklow, to write out a
chorus for the hot fiddle for a
song we were playing. I
memorized it and told Sam
Jack that I would take a
chorus that night. When it
came time for me to play it, I
forgot everything that I
memorized. It was a disaster,"
Leib remembered.
This embarrassing moment
didn't stop Leib. He gained a
reputation as one of the finest
hot fiddle players around and
he had plenty of chances to
perform.
From 1931 to 1939 he was
concertmaster of the Fox
Theater orchestra. At one
time his brothers Hershel,
Isador, Sol and Sam all per-
formed with the Fox or-
chestra, too. The audiences at
the Shubert, Michigan and
Cass theaters also would have
heard Leib's violin.
Leib performed with Monk
Watson's band at the Grand
Riviera. He had his own band
at a showbar on Woodward
Avenue and he played dinner
music at the Mayfair Room in
the Book-Cadillac Hotel and
at the Book Casino. He even
joined Russ Morgan's band in
New York for a while.
Leib was part of the string
quartet that performed in the
first commercial program
sponsored by J.L. Hudson's on
television and he was part of
The Lone Ranger and The
Green Hornet
radio
broadcasts.
Leib spent 17 years with
WJR, mostly as its musical
director. He left there in 1954.
During his stint at the
popular radio station he con-
ducted the orchestra for such
well-known programs as
Guest House. He also was the
director when the JWR or-
chestra played at places like
the Balfour Ball in 1954 and
at Selfridge Air Force Base in
Mt. Clemens.
He's had his current job of
musical director for 34 years.
Since 1954 he's been respon-
sible for filling many roles for
the Nederlander theaters in
the Detroit-metropolitan
area. These places include the
Fisher, the Birmingham
Theater, Masonic Temple and
Pine Knob.
Leib's been the musical con-
ductor when he's been need-
ed. He's performed as concert-
master for many musical and
stage shows. His most fre-
quent musical role these days
is serving as musical contrac-
tor. That job means Leib is
responsible for hiring the
musicians needed for any act
or show the Nederlanders
bring to one of their local
theater houses.
"Joey
and
Harry
Nederlander are the greatest
guys in the world!" Leib said.
"They've been wonderful to
me. It's been a pleasure for
me to work for them all of
these years."
Apparently the feeling is
mutual. Joe Nederlander ex-
claimed that Leib is a top
notch musical director, a
world-class musician and a
wonderful person.
"Everybody loves him, too!"
Nederlander added. "Leib
was Richard Rodgers' favorite
musical contractor. He loved
the types of musicians Max
would hire and the fact that
he's such a perfectionist when
it comes to the music for a
performance?'
This respect from such peo-
ple as Richard Rodgers, Jack
Benny, Martha Raye, 'Ibmmy
Dorsey, Joan Rivers, Henry
Mancini, Bo Jangles and local
musicians brought Leib the
distinction of being elected to
the Detroit Federation of
Musicians' Hall of Fame in
1981.
"That was such an honor. I
was so proud to be chosen to
the Hall of Fame by other
musicians!" Leib said.
Leib is very proud of his
career in show business. He's
equally proud of his family
and the fact that he was able
to support them in a comfor-
table lifestyle by his work as
a musician.