Secondo "Conte" Candoli (July 12, 1927 – December 14, 2001) was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman,

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, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in

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's NBC Orchestra on ''

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''. 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

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, United States. During the summer of 1943, while at Mishawaka High School, Secondo "Conte" Candoli sat in with Woody Herman's First Herd. 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,

, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1954, after leaving Stan Kenton, Candoli formed his own group with sidemen Chubby Jackson,

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, and Lou Levy. He soon moved to Los Angeles to join the

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with Shorty Rogers,

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, and Bob Cooper, and was with them for four years. Candoli's long relationship with ''

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'' began in 1967 and he became a permanent fixture in the orchestra's trumpet section, when

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moved the show to

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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

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in 1986 as a WJF All-Star with

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, Barney Kessel and

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at the 1986 Wichita Jazz Festival. After Carson's retirement in 1992, he traveled occasionally with

, 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,

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, 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 prostate cancer at the age of 74, in Palm Desert, California.

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Discography

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As sideman

With Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins * '' The Drum Suite'' (

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, 1956) With

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* '' Chet Baker Big Band'' ( Pacific Jazz, 1956) With

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* ''

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, 1962) With

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* ''

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'' ( Decca, 1956) With

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'' (Verve, 1957) With Bob Cooper * '' Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper'' ( Contemporary, 1958) With Sonny Criss * '' Sonny's Dream'' ( Prestige, 1968) With Teddy Edwards * '' Feelin's'' (

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, 1974) with

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*'' Latinsville!'' (Contemporary, 1960) With

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* ''

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'' ( EmArcy, 1955) * ''

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, 1969) With Gil Fuller * '' Night Flight'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) With

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* ''

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'' ( Norgran, 1955) With

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* ''This Time The Drum's On Me'' (Bethlehem, 1955) With Dizzy Gillespie * '' The New Continent'' (

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, 1962) With

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, 1953) * '' Sketches on Standards'' (Capitol, 1953) * '' This Modern World'' (Capitol, 1953) * '' Portraits on Standards'' (Capitol, 1953) * '' The Kenton Era'' (Capitol, 1940–54, 955 * '' Kenton / Wagner'' (Capitol, 1964) * '' The Innovations Orchestra'' (Capitol, 1950–51 997 With Shelly Manne * '' Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn'' ( Contemporary, 1959) * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1961) with

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* '' Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole'' (Contemporary, 1961) * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1961) * '' My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast'' (Capitol, 1964) * '' Manne–That's Gershwin!'' (Capitol, 1965) * '' Boss Sounds!'' (Atlantic, 1966) * '' Jazz Gunn'' (Atlantic, 1967) * '' Perk Up'' ( Concord Jazz, 1967 976 With Jack Montrose * ''

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, 1956) With Shorty Rogers * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1955

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* '' Way Up There'' (Atlantic, 1955

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Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers ''Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing songs composed by Richard Rodgers, issued by RCA Victor in 1957.Portrait of Shorty'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * '' Chances Are It Swings'' (RCA Victor, 1958) *'' The Swingin' Nutcracker'' (RCA Victor, 1960) *'' An Invisible Orchard'' (RCA Victor, 1961 997 With Pete Rugolo *''

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* '' Windmills of Your Mind'' (Pacific Jazz, 1969) With

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* '' Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts'' (RCA Victor, 1965) with Paul Horn * '' More Mission: Impossible'' ( Paramount, 1968) * ''

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'' (Paramount, 1968) With

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) With Pete Candoli *''The Candoli Brothers'' (Dobre Records DR1050, 1978)

References

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