1. Secondo "Conte" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast.
11 Facts About Conte Candoli
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Conte Candoli 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.
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Conte Candoli played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials.
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Conte Candoli recorded with Supersax, a Charlie Parker tribute band that consisted of a saxophone quintet, the rhythm section, and either a trumpet or trombone.
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In 1954, after leaving Stan Kenton, Conte Candoli formed his own group with sidemen Chubby Jackson, Frank Rosolino, and Lou Levy.
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Conte Candoli 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.
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Conte Candoli ventured to Kansas in 1986 as a WJF All-Star with Jerome Richardson, Barney Kessel and Monty Alexander at the 1986 Wichita Jazz Festival.
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Conte Candoli's 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.
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Conte Candoli has appeared in many motion pictures with various orchestras and worked in all of Frank Sinatra's TV specials.
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Conte Candoli was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Conte Candoli died of cancer at the age of 74, in Palm Desert, California,.