Conte Candoli
- MatchConte Candoli
- 100%Shorty Rogers
- 59%Marty Paich
- 56%Bob Cooper
- 43%Leroy Vinnegar
- 39%Bill Holman
- 37%Gigi Gryce
- 37%Terry Gibbs
- 34%Teddy Edwards
- 30%Manny Albam
- 29%Howard McGhee
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