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After a year or so on the road with Busse, however, Rosengarden dedicated to settle in New York City, where he quickly became one of the popular session men in the studio system. He also won a slot in the NBC Orchestra, which ensured a flow of work to supplement the studio gigs. He remained with the orchestra until the late 1960s, when he switched to ABC in order to appear on-screen as the studio ensemble leader on ABC's "The Dick Cavett Show." Rosengarden occasionally did some touring work, mostly short dates with groups like Benny Goodman's late 1950s incarnation of his combo. Rosengarden and Kraus recorded several albums as a duo, for RCA Victor and, later, Command. Rosengarden also performed as part of the Walter Wanderley Trio when the Brazilian organist's "Summer Samba (So Nice)" became a big instrumental hit in the 1960s. He also recorded as one of the combo backing bossa nova vocalist Astrud Gilberto on her album, A Certain Smile. Rosengarden led the on-stage orchestra for Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy telethon from over a decade, into the early 1990s. Rosengarden was once asked how he was able to play with such a wide variety of artists and in so many different styles. “I just stayed out of the way, baby,” he answered. “Stayed out of the way.”
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