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Conte Candoli
Background information
Born
Secondo Candoli

(1927-07-12)July 12, 1927
Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 2001(2001-12-14) (aged 74)
Palm Desert, California
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1943–2001
Formerly of
Websitewww.candoli.com

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.

Music career

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Conte was the younger brother of trumpeter Pete Candoli. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, United States.[1] During the summer of 1943, while at Mishawaka High School, Secondo "Conte" Candoli sat in with Woody Herman's First Herd.[2]

After graduating in 1945, he joined the band full-time, where he sat side by side with his brother Pete in the trumpet section. Conte immediately went on the road, where he stayed for the next ten years, with Herman, Stan Kenton,[1] Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie.

In 1954, after leaving Stan Kenton, Candoli formed his own group with sidemen Chubby Jackson, Frank Rosolino, and Lou Levy. He soon moved to Los Angeles to join the Lighthouse All-Stars with Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, and Bob Cooper, and was with them for four years.

Candoli's long relationship with The Tonight Show began in 1967 and he became a permanent fixture in the orchestra's trumpet section, when Johnny Carson moved the show to Burbank, California in 1972. For many years he preferred to stay in California where he could do The Tonight Show, take all the studio work he wanted, and do occasional concerts and clinics. He ventured to Kansas in 1986 as a WJF All-Star with Jerome Richardson, Barney Kessel and Monty Alexander at the 1986 Wichita Jazz Festival. After Carson's retirement in 1992, he traveled occasionally with Doc Severinsen, but still enjoyed his solo playing.

His playing brought him performing and recording opportunities with top names in show business, such as Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, Terry Gibbs, Teddy Edwards, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. He has appeared in many motion pictures with various orchestras and worked in all of Frank Sinatra's TV specials.

Candoli was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. He died of cancer at the age of 74, in Palm Desert, California,[3]

Band memberships

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Candoli at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, 1988
BandYears
Woody Herman's First Herd1943 Summer
1945–
Chubby Jackson's Fifth Dimensional Jazz Group
Stan Kenton1948
Charlie Ventura's "Bop for the People"1949
Stan Kenton1951–1954
Terry Gibbs Dream Band–
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band1960–1961
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars1956–1960
Supersax
The Tonight Show1967–1972 Guest
1972–1992 Regular
Candoli Brothers1957–1962

Discography

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AlbumRelease
Sincerely, Conte Candoli1954
Groovin' High: Conte Candoli, Vol. 21955
Toots Sweet and West Coast Wailers1955
Groovin' Higher: Conte Candoli Quintet1955
Cool Gabriels – Conte Candoli et alia1956 (Groove LG-1033)
Conte Candoli Quartet1957
Mucho Calor1957
Little Band Big Jazz1960
Conversation1973
Candoli Brothers1970s
Old Acquaintance1985
Sweet Simon1992
Meets the Joe Haider Trio1994
Portrait of a Count1966
Candoli Live2002
The Complete Phoenix Recordings, Vol. 12002
Fine and Dandy

As sideman

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With Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins

With Chet Baker

With Louis Bellson

With Elmer Bernstein

With Buddy Bregman

With Bob Cooper

With Sonny Criss

With Teddy Edwards

with Victor Feldman

With Maynard Ferguson

With Clare Fischer

With Gil Fuller

With Stan Getz

With Stan Levey

  • This Time The Drum's On Me (Bethlehem, 1955)

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Stan Kenton

With Shelly Manne

With Jack Montrose

With Mark Murphy

With Frank Morgan

With Gerry Mulligan

With Joe Newman

With Jack Nitzsche

With Anita O'Day

With Art Pepper

  • Gettin' Together (Contemporary 1958)

With Betty Roché

With Shorty Rogers

With Pete Rugolo

With Bud Shank

With Lalo Schifrin

With Gerald Wilson

With Pete Candoli

  • The Candoli Brothers (Dobre Records DR1050, 1978)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 74/5. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ "Conte Candoli, 74, Trumpeter for 'Tonight'". The New York Times. December 21, 2001.
  3. ^ Thurber, Jon (December 16, 2001). "Conte Candoli, 74; Trumpeter Played in 'Tonight Show' Band". Los Angeles Times.
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    Conte Candoli
    Background information
    Born
    Secondo Candoli

    (1927-07-12)July 12, 1927
    Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S.
    DiedDecember 14, 2001(2001-12-14) (aged 74)
    Palm Desert, California
    GenresJazz
    OccupationMusician
    InstrumentTrumpet
    Years active1943–2001
    Formerly of
    Websitewww.candoli.com

    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.

    Music career

    Conte was the younger brother of trumpeter Pete Candoli. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, United States.[1] During the summer of 1943, while at Mishawaka High School, Secondo "Conte" Candoli sat in with Woody Herman's First Herd.[2]

    After graduating in 1945, he joined the band full-time, where he sat side by side with his brother Pete in the trumpet section. Conte immediately went on the road, where he stayed for the next ten years, with Herman, Stan Kenton,[1] Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie.

    In 1954, after leaving Stan Kenton, Candoli formed his own group with sidemen Chubby Jackson, Frank Rosolino, and Lou Levy. He soon moved to Los Angeles to join the Lighthouse All-Stars with Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, and Bob Cooper, and was with them for four years.

    Candoli's long relationship with The Tonight Show began in 1967 and he became a permanent fixture in the orchestra's trumpet section, when Johnny Carson moved the show to Burbank, California in 1972. For many years he preferred to stay in California where he could do The Tonight Show, take all the studio work he wanted, and do occasional concerts and clinics. He ventured to Kansas in 1986 as a WJF All-Star with Jerome Richardson, Barney Kessel and Monty Alexander at the 1986 Wichita Jazz Festival. After Carson's retirement in 1992, he traveled occasionally with Doc Severinsen, but still enjoyed his solo playing.

    His playing brought him performing and recording opportunities with top names in show business, such as Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, Terry Gibbs, Teddy Edwards, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. He has appeared in many motion pictures with various orchestras and worked in all of Frank Sinatra's TV specials.

    Candoli was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. He died of cancer at the age of 74, in Palm Desert, California,[3]

    Band memberships

    Candoli at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, 1988
    BandYears
    Woody Herman's First Herd1943 Summer
    1945–
    Chubby Jackson's Fifth Dimensional Jazz Group
    Stan Kenton1948
    Charlie Ventura's "Bop for the People"1949
    Stan Kenton1951–1954
    Terry Gibbs Dream Band–
    Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band1960–1961
    Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars1956–1960
    Supersax
    The Tonight Show1967–1972 Guest
    1972–1992 Regular
    Candoli Brothers1957–1962

    Discography

    AlbumRelease
    Sincerely, Conte Candoli1954
    Groovin' High: Conte Candoli, Vol. 21955
    Toots Sweet and West Coast Wailers1955
    Groovin' Higher: Conte Candoli Quintet1955
    Cool Gabriels – Conte Candoli et alia1956 (Groove LG-1033)
    Conte Candoli Quartet1957
    Mucho Calor1957
    Little Band Big Jazz1960
    Conversation1973
    Candoli Brothers1970s
    Old Acquaintance1985
    Sweet Simon1992
    Meets the Joe Haider Trio1994
    Portrait of a Count1966
    Candoli Live2002
    The Complete Phoenix Recordings, Vol. 12002
    Fine and Dandy

    As sideman

    With Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins

    With Chet Baker

    With Louis Bellson

    With Elmer Bernstein

    With Buddy Bregman

    With Bob Cooper

    With Sonny Criss

    With Teddy Edwards

    with Victor Feldman

    With Maynard Ferguson

    With Clare Fischer

    With Gil Fuller

    With Stan Getz

    With Stan Levey

    • This Time The Drum's On Me (Bethlehem, 1955)

    With Dizzy Gillespie

    With Stan Kenton

    With Shelly Manne

    With Jack Montrose

    With Mark Murphy

    With Frank Morgan

    With Gerry Mulligan

    With Joe Newman

    With Jack Nitzsche

    With Anita O'Day

    With Art Pepper

    • Gettin' Together (Contemporary 1958)

    With Betty Roché

    With Shorty Rogers

    With Pete Rugolo

    With Bud Shank

    With Lalo Schifrin

    With Gerald Wilson

    With Pete Candoli

    • The Candoli Brothers (Dobre Records DR1050, 1978)

    References

    1. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 74/5. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
    2. ^ "Conte Candoli, 74, Trumpeter for 'Tonight'". The New York Times. December 21, 2001.
    3. ^ Thurber, Jon (December 16, 2001). "Conte Candoli, 74; Trumpeter Played in 'Tonight Show' Band". Los Angeles Times.
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conte Candoli.
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conte_Candoli&oldid=1321806191"