Al Gallodoro

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Alfred J. "Al" Gallodoro (born June 20, 1913 in Chicago , Illinois ; † October 4, 2008 ) was an American jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet ) and band leader .

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Gallodoro grew up in Birmingham, Alabama . His music career, which spanned over eighty years, began in 1926 in a vaudeville show at the Lyric Theater in Birmingham . He first worked in Alabama, later in New Orleans, where his parents lived from 1927. At the age of 15 he appeared as an alto saxophonist and clarinetist in the orchestra of the Orpheum Theater ; he accompanied artists such as Bob Hope , Edgar Bergen and Milton Berle . In the early 1930s he moved to New York, where he initially worked as a freelance musician, including as a saxophonist with the Isham Jones Orchestra. From 1936 to 1940 he was a member of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra as a soloist on the alto saxophone and clarinet. Since he also played the bass clarinet , he was nicknamed Triple Threat .

After the dissolution of the Whiteman Orchestra, Gallodoro worked for the radio station WJZ until 1947; he was also active in the NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini , Leopold Stokowski and Frank Black . 1954 was released by Columbia Records the Easy Listening -LP The Immortal Freddy Gardner and Al Gallodoro . Around 1965 he played in the Charles Magnante Orchestra. From 1967 he worked again as a freelance studio musician for record labels, radio and television studios ; from 1981 he lived in Oneonta (New York) , where he taught and worked with local groups. In 1999 his album Al Gallodoro with The Beau Hunks - Out of Nowhere was released . Gallodoro participated in 37 recording sessions from 1937 to 1999.

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  1. ↑ a b c Obituary in Jazz Review
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Gallodoro, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gallodoro, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 2008