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Conte Candoli | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Secondo Candoli |
| Born | July 12, 1927 Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 2001 (aged 74) Palm Desert, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1943–2001 |
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| Website | www |
Secondo "Conte" Candoli (July 12, 1927[1] – December 14, 2001) was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in Doc Severinsen's NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials. He also recorded with Supersax, a Charlie Parker tribute band that consisted of a saxophone quintet, the rhythm section, and either a trumpet or trombone.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 74/5. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.