Secondo "Conte" Candoli (July 12, 1927 – December 14, 2001) was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast.
He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and with Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show.
He also played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials.
Candoli was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. ... more