Conte Candoli Quartet

Birth name Secondo Candoli Born July 12, 1927 Origin Mishawaka, IN, USA Died December 14, 2001 (aged 74) Genres Jazz Instruments Trumpet Years active 1943–2001 Secondo "Conte" Candoli (July 12, 1927–December 14, 2001) was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast of the US. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in Doc Severinsen's NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show. He played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials.