and, in the 1980s, Weird Al Yankovic. Katz and his group can be seen in the movie Thoroughly Modern Millie accompanying Julie Andrews as she sings a Yiddish song at a Jewish wedding. Katz is the father of Broadway legend Joel Grey and a grandfather of the actress Jennifer Grey. In the early 1980s he told the story of his life in a biography called Papa Play for Me. A number of famous Jewish musicians, including those with their own bands have recorded with him including Manny Klein, Ziggy ...