Baylor University and the University of Texas at El Paso, Reisman got jobs playing sax with a variety of big bands, including Bob Crosby, Louis Prima, Jack Teagarden, and Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. With RCA, he recorded several albums of light easy listening music, and had a small hit with a cover of Ross Bagdasarian's tune, "Armen's Theme."
Was one of Roulette leading producers, and continue to record occasionally himself.
He was a producer of many of Henry Mancini's best albums.
