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By PETER KEEPNEWSPublished: January 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 home in Studio City, Calif. He was 84.
The cause was prostate cancer, said his partner, Sheryl Deauville.
Born Walter Joseph Candoli in Mishawaka, Ind., on June 28, 1923, Mr. Candoli became a professional musician in his teens and had already worked with several big bands, including Tommy Dorsey’s, when he joined the Woody Herman Herd in 1944, at age 21. His stratospheric range was prominently featured with Herman on numbers that he sometimes played while wearing a Superman costume. He also took part in the historic 1946 Carnegie Hall concert at which the Herman band performed the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “Ebony Concerto.”
In 1955 Mr. Candoli moved to Los Angeles. There, in addition to continuing his jazz work with Stan Kenton and others, he became an active studio musician, working on film and television soundtracks as well as record dates for Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and numerous others. He was a member of the Henry Mancini ensemble that provided the memorable jazz-inflected score for the television show “Peter Gunn,” on which he occasionally appeared on camera.
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Pete Candoli (trumpet)
Lionel Hampton (vibraphone)
Billy Brooks, Wallace Davenport, Johnny Walker (trumpet)
Garnett Brown, Buster Cooper, Ed Neumeister (trombone)
Jack Kelso (alto saxophone) Yoshi Malta (alto, soprano saxophone)
Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone) Tom Chapin (tenor saxophone, flute)
Kenny Rogers (baritone saxophone)
Zeke Mullins (piano)
Chubby Jackson (bass)
Frankie Dunlop (drums)
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