Conte Candoli

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, 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.

Music career

Conte was the younger brother of trumpeter Pete Candoli. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, United States.

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, Stan Kenton,

Band memberships

Band Years Woody Herman's First Herd 1943 Summer 1945– Chubby Jackson's Fifth Dimensional Jazz Group Stan Kenton 1948 Charlie Ventura's "Bop for the People" 1949 Stan Kenton 1951–1954 Terry Gibbs Dream Band – Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band 1960–1961 Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars 1956–1960 Supersax The Tonight Show 1967–1972 Guest 1972–1992 Regular Candoli Brothers 1957–1962

Discography Album Release Sincerely, Conte Candoli 1954 Groovin' High: Conte Candoli, Vol. 2 1955 Toots Sweet and West Coast Wailers 1955 Groovin' Higher: Conte Candoli Quintet 1955 Cool Gabriels – Conte Candoli et alia 1956 (Groove LG-1033) Conte Candoli Quartet 1957 Mucho Calor 1957 Little Band Big Jazz 1960 Conversation 1973 Candoli Brothers 1970s Old Acquaintance 1985 Sweet Simon 1992 Meets the Joe Haider Trio 1994 Portrait of a Count 1966 Candoli Live 2002 The Complete Phoenix Recordings, Vol. 1 2002 Fine and Dandy

As sideman With Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins The Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1956) With Chet Baker Chet Baker Big Band (Pacific Jazz, 1956) With Louis Bellson Big Band Jazz from the Summit (Roulette, 1962) With Elmer Bernstein The Man with the Golden Arm (Decca, 1956) With Buddy Bregman Swinging Kicks (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 (Muse, 1974) with Victor Feldman Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1960) With Maynard Ferguson Dimensions (EmArcy, 1955) Maynard Ferguson Octet (EmArcy, 1955) With Clare Fischer Manteca! (Pacific Jazz, 1965) Thesaurus (Atlantic, 1969) With Gil Fuller Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965) With Stan Getz West Coast Jazz (Norgran, 1955) With Stan Levey This Time The Drum's On Me (Bethlehem, 1955) With Dizzy Gillespie The New Continent (Limelight, 1962) With Stan Kenton Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953) Sketches on Standards (Capitol, 1953) This Modern World (Capitol, 1953) Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953) The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, ) Kenton / Wagner (Capitol, 1964) The Innovations Orchestra (Capitol, 1950–51 ) With Shelly Manne Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (Contemporary, 1959) Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) with Ruth Price Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (Contemporary, 1961) Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (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 ) With Jack Montrose Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz, 1955) With Mark Murphy

This Could Be the Start of Something (Capitol, 1958) Mark Murphy's Hip Parade (Capitol 1959) Playing the Field (Capitol, 1960)

With Frank Morgan Frank Morgan (Gene Norman Presents, 1955) With Gerry Mulligan The Concert Jazz Band (Verve, 1960) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (Verve, 1960 ) With Joe Newman Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956) With Jack Nitzsche Heart Beat (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980) With Anita O'Day Cool Heat (Verve, 1959) With Art Pepper Gettin' Together (Contemporary 1958) With Betty Roché Take the "A" Train (Bethlehem, 1956)

With Shorty Rogers Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1955 ) Way Up There (Atlantic, 1955 ) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (RCA Victor, 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 ) With Pete Rugolo Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars (Mercury, 1961) With Bud Shank Windmills of Your Mind (Pacific Jazz, 1969) With Lalo Schifrin Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts (RCA Victor, 1965) with Paul Horn More Mission: Impossible (Paramount, 1968) Mannix (Paramount, 1968) With Gerald Wilson The Golden Sword (Pacific Jazz, 1966) With Pete Candoli The Candoli Brothers (Dobre Records DR1050, 1978) With The Gene Harris All Star Big Band Tribute to Count Basie (Concord Jazz, 1988)