14 Facts About Tutti Camarata

1.

Salvador "Tutti" Camarata was an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer.

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2.

Tutti Camarata did arranging for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and many others.

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3.

Tutti Camarata conducted and orchestrated a recording of Jascha Heifetz.

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4.

Tutti Camarata became good friends with Sir Edward Lewis, CEO of British Decca, and often visited Bridge House in Felsted and the two founded London Records with the aim of distributing classical music from the UK in the US market.

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5.

Tutti Camarata joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1948.

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6.

Tutti Camarata recorded other albums, including the popular Tutti's Trumpets and Tutti's Trombones, titles which featured his compositions and arrangements and are considered classics of the genre.

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7.

Tutti Camarata had suggested Disney build his own recording studio, but Disney declined and instead encouraged Tutti Camarata to build his own.

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8.

In 1958, Tutti Camarata purchased the first building, an old auto repair shop on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, that would become the location of Sunset Sound Recorders.

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9.

Tutti Camarata produced over three hundred albums there during his 16-year association with Disney.

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10.

Tutti Camarata scored several albums at Disney to help children gain a knowledge of, and love for, Western classical music.

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11.

Tutti Camarata was the musical conductor for several TV series, including Startime, The Vic Damone Show and The Alcoa Hour.

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12.

Tutti Camarata was the vocal supervisor for the 1963 movie, Summer Magic, which included musical performances by Hayley Mills and Burl Ives.

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13.

In November 1981, Tutti Camarata purchased The Sound Factory, previously owned by David Hassinger.

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14.

Once completing the arrangements, Tutti Camarata returned to England to conduct a large orchestra and choir for the recording of the album, which he had noted in one of his last interviews to be one of his most important works.

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