Top Songs By Conte Candoli
![Listen to Whims Of Chambers (feat. Wynton Kelly, Jimmie Cobb, Paul Chambers & Conte Candoli) [Remastered 2024] by Art Pepper, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music221/v4/6a/a0/24/6aa0242f-617e-d478-7532-175d6a6b86ef/23CRGIM40728.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Whims Of Chambers (feat. Wynton Kelly, Jimmie Cobb, Paul Chambers & Conte Candoli) [Remastered 2024] by Art Pepper, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Listen to All That Jazz, Vol. 91: Tune Up the Piano – Lou Levy & Friends (Feat. Conte Candoli & Leroy Vinnegar) [Remastered 2017] by Lou Levy, Conte Candoli & Leroy Vinnegar](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music128/v4/b9/0e/26/b90e2673-ca13-4b6f-35c9-56a11e0b2e82/4040741030771.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to All That Jazz, Vol. 91: Tune Up the Piano – Lou Levy & Friends (Feat. Conte Candoli & Leroy Vinnegar) [Remastered 2017] by Lou Levy, Conte Candoli & Leroy Vinnegar")
About Conte Candoli
Hometown
Mishawaka, IN, United States
Born
July 12, 1927
Genre
Jazz
Best-known as the trumpet section leader in Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show Band, Conte Candoli was a fine all-around jazz stylist most at home in the worlds of bop and West Coast cool jazz. Younger by four years than his similarly accomplished trumpet-playing brother Pete, Conte was born Secondo Candoli in Mishawaka, IN, on July 12, 1927. He first patterned himself after players like Harry James, Roy Eldridge, and Dizzy Gillespie, later discovering Miles Davis and Clifford Brown. His first job came at age 16, when brother Pete recommended him for a summer gig with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd; after graduating high school, he joined full-time. He went on to play with several other bands, including Stan Kenton, whom he left in 1954 to form his own band. After leading some recording dates, he soon found a more comfortable existence, moving to Los Angeles and taking session jobs in between gigs with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars. After about four years, he left in 1960 to work with drummer Shelly Manne, while he and Pete both enjoyed top-dog status in the L.A. session community. In 1968, Candoli took a part-time gig with the Tonight Show Band and joined permanently in 1972, when the show officially moved to Burbank. During the '70s, he was also a member of Supersax, among other L.A. all-star outfits, and also continued his periodic collaborations with his brother. Candoli retired from the Tonight Show along with Johnny Carson in 1992, and continued to play until a battle with cancer slowed his activities. Candoli died in a convalescent home on December 14, 2001. ~ Steve Huey
Conte Candoli has also released music as a member of Doc Severinsen & His Big Band, Vic Lewis West Coast All Stars, Vince Guaraldi Trio, The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra, Supersax, The Candoli Brothers, Conte Candoli Quintet, Shelly Manne and His Men, Conte Candoli Quartet, and The Brothers Candoli Sextet.
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