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Pete Candoli

real name Walter Joseph Primo Candoli

Mishawaka, United States

Pete Candoli is credited on 1,550 releases across 375 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,550

Credits

375

Albums

8

Decades active

259

In collections

Biography

American jazz trumpeter and arranger.
Born June 28, 1923 in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.
Died January 11, 2008 in Studio City, California, USA.
Candoli got his first big break in 1941 when he joined Sonny Dunham And His Orchestra. After two years he moved on to play in New York in many bands, including Tex Beneke and Jerry Gray before moving to Los Angeles in 1952 for intensive studio work before to fronted his own band in the 1960s and formed a nightclub act in 1972.
Brother of trumpeter Conte Candoli.
Married to singers Betty Hutton, Edie Adams and actress Vicky Lane.

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Credited work

1,550 releases · 375 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 1,907
  • Other credits · 200

Studios: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Warner Bros. Recording Studios · The Burbank Studios · Curtom Studios

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