Gene Orloff (died March 23, 2009) was an American violinist, concertmaster, arranger, contractor and session musician.
In the late 1940s, he was in Neal Hefti's orchestra, together with, among others, Curley Russell, Shelley Manne and Flip Phillips, on a recording date backing Charlie Parker, and with Nat King Cole's trio/The Muleskinners, backing Woody Herman on vocals.
As sideman
1947: The Jazz Scene (Verve Records, 1949)
1949: "Mule Train"/"My Baby Just Cares for Me" – Woody Herman with Nat King Cole Trio/The Muleskinners (Capitol)
1955: Ballads – Ben Webster
1955: That Old Feeling - Al Cohn
1956: The Hawk in Hi-Fi – Coleman Hawkins
1957: Stormy Weather – Lena Horne
1958: An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings - Lee Konitz
1958: Jump for Joy – Cannonball Adderley
1959: Late Date with Ruth Brown – Ruth Brown
1959: Jamal at the Penthouse – Ahmad Jamal
1963: The Body and the Soul – Freddie Hubbard
1963: Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings – Wes Montgomery
1963: Pretty Blue – Wes Montgomery
1963: The Alternative Wes Montgomery – Wes Montgomery
1965: Bumpin' – Wes Montgomery
1965: Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook – Sarah Vaughan
1965: The In Instrumentals – Kai Winding
1965: Viva! Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan
1966: Tequila – Wes Montgomery
1966: The Dissection and Reconstruction of Music from the Past as Performed by the Inmates of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble as a Tribute to the Memory of the Marquis De Sade – Lalo Schifrin
1967: The Beat Goes On – Herbie Mann
1967: Wave – Antônio Carlos Jobim
1967: A Day in the Life – Wes Montgomery
1967: Aretha Arrives – Aretha Franklin
1968: Child Is Father to the Man – Blood, Sweat & Tears
1968: Bigger & Better - David Newman
1968: Down Here on the Ground – Wes Montgomery
1968: Left & Right – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
1968: Once Upon a Dream – The Rascals
1968: Silver Cycles – Eddie Harris
1968: Windmills of My Mind – Grady Tate
1969: I've Gotta Be Me – Tony Bennett
1969: The Many Facets of David Newman - David Newman
1969: Daddy Bug & Friends – Roy Ayers
1969: Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul - Hank Crawford
1969: Dusty in Memphis – Dusty Springfield
1969: First Take – Roberta Flack
1969: Round Trip – Phil Woods
1969: Who Really Cares – Janis Ian
1969: After the Long Ride Home – Grady Tate
1970: Stone Flute – Herbie Mann
1970: MCMLXX - Ray Bryant
1970: What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
1971: First Light – Freddie Hubbard
1971: Gilberto with Turrentine – Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine
1971: Nature's Baby – Lena Horne
1971: Salt Song – Stanley Turrentine
1971: Sing Me a Song of Songmy – Freddie Hubbard
1971: Wild Horses Rock Steady – Johnny "Hammond" Smith
1972: Prelude – Eumir Deodato
1972: Sunflower – Milt Jackson
1972: Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
1972: All the King's Horses – Grover Washington, Jr.
1973: Turtle Bay - Herbie Mann
1973: Bette Midler – Bette Midler
1974: One – Bob James
1974: Walking Man – James Taylor
1975: Taking Off – David Sanborn
1975: Judith – Judy Collins
1976: Surprises - Herbie Mann (Atlantic)
1976: The Man with the Sad Face - Stanley Turrentine (Fantasy)
1977: Concrete Jungle – David Newman (Prestige)
1977: More Stuff – Stuff
1979: Spy – Carly Simon
1979: I Love to Dance – Kleeer
1979: Thighs and Whispers – Bette Midler
1981: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me – Chaka Khan
1987: A Sound Investment – Flip Phillips and Scott Hamilton
1995: Real Time – Richard Tee
1995: Tonin' – The Manhattan Transfer
2001: King of the Beat – Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
