Pete Candoli

Walter Joseph "Pete" 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.

Career A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Candoli was the older brother of Conte Candoli.

During the 1940s he performed with a number of big bands, including those led by Sonny Dunham, Will Bradley, Ray McKinley, Tommy Dorsey, Teddy Powell, Woody Herman, Boyd Raeburn, Tex Beneke, and Jerry Gray. Known for his ability to play in the upper register of the trumpet, he was nicknamed "Superman". While performing with Woody Herman's First Herd, he occasionally wore a Superman costume during solos. and reunited for performances intermittently from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Candoli died on January 11, 2008, at the age of 84, from complications of prostate cancer. Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (Bethlehem, 1956) Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (Bethlehem, 1956) Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé's California Suite (Avenue Jazz, 1999) Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz (RCA Victor, 1959) Franz Waxman, Crime in the Streets (Decca, 1956) Stanley Wilson, The Music from M Squad (RCA Victor, 1959)