Pete Weiss - Engineer at Gotham recording, HR Studios (Hollywood, CA), Mira Sound Studios, Vanguard Records, Don Elliott Productions, Regent Sound Studio, Juggy Sound Studio, Columbia Records

by Pete Weiss
(Plainview, NY)

I believe the smiling gentleman with the black-framed glasses and reddish jacket is Irving Spice, studio violinist and (often) contractor (an AFM term) for orchestra sessions and string section overdubs.