Conte Candoli

Americ bop and cool jazz trumpeter

Born July 12, 1927 in Miashawaka, Indiana, USA, died December 14, 2001 in Palm Desert, USA

Candoli played with [a=Woody Herman] 1943, 1945, 1950, [a=Chubby Jackson] 1947-1948, [a=Stan Kenton] intermittently 1948, 1950-1953, [a=Charlie Ventura] 1949, and [a=Charlie Barnet] 1951. Led own group in Chicago 1954, moving to California to play with [a=Howard Rumsey] until 1960.

Brother of trumpeter [a=Pete Candoli].