Larry Russell (born 1950 in Manhattan) is a New York City-based performing musician, recording producer, audio engineer, and composer.

In the mid-1960s, Russell played drums with The Age of Reason, a 5-piece musical group from the North Bronx area of New York City.

[1] The group was co-managed and produced by Neil Levenson[2] (writer of the 1963 hit song Denise which was later covered by Blondie) and signed by United Artists Records.

[3] The group's first single, "(Your Love is Like a) Magnet", written by Turner, was released on Ascot (a United Artists subsidiary label)[4] in March 1967.

[15][16] Studio recordings of "Travelin' Prayer", "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", and "Captain Jack" were included on Joel's 1973 release Piano Man.

[17][18] In 2013 and 2014, Russell reunited with Clark and was joined by Cold Spring Harbor guitarist Don Evans and pianists / vocalists Elio Pace and David Clark (a veteran Billy Joel tribute artist)[19] in a "Long Long Time" production, which re-created the Sigma show at performances in New York City, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, Delaware.

[23] Russell can be seen playing bass guitar in a December 2013 episode of Steven Van Zandt's Netflix television webseries Lilyhammer.

The documentary was produced and directed by boxing analyst Mike DeLisa and was included with the original film and other materials in a 2005 DVD release.

[26] Also, Russell's Beatlesque song "Don't Turn Me Down", written with former Beatlemania star Joe Pecorino and conceived for Ringo Starr's consideration, was included on the soundtrack for the 2016 short film "Pepperland II."

[27] In 2011, Russell produced the pre-released single "Tempted" (a cover of the 1981 hit by Squeeze) performed by season six American Idol finalist Sanjaya Malakar.

[35] His modcasts include a Godspell series in which he interviews personalities[36][37][38][39][40] who played a role in that work's success, including composer Stephen Schwartz; Paul Shaffer (music director of the Toronto cast); original drummer and percussionist Rick Shutter; actress Melanie Mayron; and director, producer, and actor Don Scardino, who played Jesus in the original off-Broadway show[41] and directed A Few Good Men on Broadway and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd on television.