Conte Candoli

MatchConte Candoli
100%Shorty Rogers
56%Marty Paich
50%Bob Cooper
42%Leroy Vinnegar
39%Bill Holman
38%Gigi Gryce
36%Terry Gibbs
32%Teddy Edwards
29%Howard McGhee
28%Manny Albam

Biography

Secondo Candoli, 12 July 1927, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA, d. 14 December 2001, Palm Desert, California, USA. At the age of 13 Candoli was already showing a prodigious talent playing the trumpet, and studying alongside his older brother, Pete Candoli, with whom he performed briefly in the Woody Herman band at the age of 16. He went back home to finish school, then rejoined Herman, but was drafted into the army. After leaving the services he joined a small group led by ex-Herman bass player Chubby... Read more