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Getting to know.... Larry Kopp
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Larry was born in Passaic, New Jersey many years ago.  He started playing the clarinet at age 9 and played with local bands during high school and college.  His father was a professional violinist with many of the big bands during the 40’s including Paul Whiteman, Harry James, and Orrin Tucker, and at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas for many of the “rat pack” years.

Larry received a B.S. degree in physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.S. degree in physics from Stevens Institute of Technology (in Hoboken, NJ, where Sinatra used the track for building up his lung power). He received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Maryland in
1968.

He has been a clarinetist and vocalist for over 35 years in the Washington, DC area with several bands including the Shakey’s Goodtimes, the Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band, and the Family Band.

Larry has a son, David, a daughter, Karen, and a granddaughter, Michelle. His wife died in 1999 after 42 years of marriage and he retired in 2001 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  He met Libby Anderson with whom he shared a home on the Piedmont Golf Community in Haymarket, VA and a villa in Shelter Cove.  Unfortunately, Libby died in April of 2010 and Larry is in the process of selling his HH villa but still intends to make frequent visits to the island and to the monthly Dixieland jam sessions.

 

The background song “I’ll Always Remember You” was written and performed by Larry in memory of his beloved Libby.