Toots Mondello

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Toots Mondello (second from right) in the Columbia studio with Bob Haggart (back right) and Billy Butterfield (second from left), around March 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Toots Mondello (* 14. August 1911 in Boston as Nuncio F. Mondello ; † 15. November 1992 in New York City ) was an American jazz - saxophonist of Swing .

Life

Toots Mondello began his career at the age of 14 in Lew Conrad's local band; In 1927 he played in the territory band of times Hallett , where he remained until the 1933rd In addition, he worked a. a. with Roger Wolfe Kahn , Irving Aaronsons Commanders , Joe Haymes and Buddy Rogers . 1934/35 he played in the Benny Goodman Orchestra; he left the band in July 1935 shortly before their legendary Palomar performance. In 1939/40 he returned to Goodman. In between he played again with Haymes, as well as Ray Noble and Phil Harris . He was also a busy studio musician; he worked on recordings a. a. by Chick Bullock , Bunny Berigan , Miff Mole , Claude Thornhill , Larry Clinton , Billie Holiday , Teddy Wilson , Bert Shefter , Louis Armstrong (1938–39), Lionel Hampton , Woody Herman (1944) and the Metronome All-Stars .

In 1937 and 1939 he recorded under his own name, in two sessions with a big band , one with a nonet and one with a trio. After his military service in World War II, Mondello continued his activity as a studio musician. a. for recordings of Pearl Bailey , Tony Bennett / Ralph Burns , Billy Butterfield , Charlie Parker , Toots Thielemans and Sarah Vaughan , and played in the television studio bands of Kate Smith, Ed Sullivan and Milton Berle. He remained active until the 1970s; In 1967 he made another album with Benny Goodman.

Discographic notes

  • "Toots Mondello: Complete Orchestra & Best Sideman Recordings" (Vintage Music Productions, 1936–1940)

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SURNAME Mondello, Toots
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mondello, Nuncio F. (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1992
Place of death New York City