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Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli; June 28, 1923 – January 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton and worked in the studios of the recording and television industries.
Jan 23, 2008 · Pete Candoli, a jazz trumpeter who made his mark as a high-note specialist in the big-band era and went on to become one of the busiest studio musicians in Hollywood, died on Jan. 11 at his...
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Pete Candoli was born on 28 June 1923 in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Faces (1968). He was married to Sheryl Deauville, Edie Adams, Betty Hutton, Vicky Lane and Nona Catherine Slamp.
Pete Candoli began playing lead and jazz for Sonny Dunham's Orchestra in 1941, followed by a long string of other name bands, including Woody Herman's famed “First Herd." He settled into the studio scene in the 1950s after tenures with Herman, Tex Beneke, Jerry Gray and Stan Kenton, among others.
Pete Candoli has won awards as outstanding trumpet player from Downbeat and Metronome Magazines, the 20 most prestigious publications in the music business. Pete also won the Esquire Magazine and the Look Magazine Awards as one of the (7) all-time outstanding jazz trumpet players.
Pete Candoli was born on 28 June 1923 in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Faces (1968). He was married to Sheryl Deauville, Edie Adams, Betty Hutton, Vicky Lane and Nona Catherine Slamp.
Jan 16, 2008 · Pete Candoli, one of the top high-note lead trumpeters in jazz who performed with some of the leading figures of the big-band era, has died. He was 84.
Pete Candoli (1923 –2008) Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter who played with the big bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton and worked in recording and TV studios. A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, he was the older brother of fellow jazz trumpeter Conte Candoli.
Jan 18, 2023 · Pete Candoli died of prostrate cancer, 11 January 2008, in Studio City, California. He was 84 years old. Given the breadth of his achievements – he played with no less than 27 name bands and on 5,000 recordings – it is doubtful if he had many, if, indeed, any, regrets.
