1927
Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)
Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)
Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)
Conte Candoli
American jazz trumpeter (1927–2001)
- Born
- 1927
Secondo "Conte" Candoli 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.