Sandy Siegelstein

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Sandy Siegelstein (first from left in the first row) as a member of the Thornhill Orchestra (1947)

Sanford J. "Sandy" Siegelstein (born April 10, 1919 , † January 14, 2013 ) was an American French horn player who was active in jazz .

Siegelstein played in Claude Thornhill's orchestra from the 1940s , with whom he made his first recordings in 1946. In 1947 he was involved in titles such as Robin's Nest and Anthropology arranged by Gil Evans , and when the Thornhill Orchestra was temporarily disbanded, the following year he was a member of the rehearsal band around Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz . In April 1949 he took part in the second session of Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool . The last recordings in the field of jazz were made in 1959 with the Thornhill Orchestra, with which he was involved in 29 recording sessions. Siegelstein last lived in Yonkers , New York.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sanford J. Siegelstein Obituary. Tributes.com (accessed June 24, 2017).
  2. ↑ Stephanie Stein Crease: Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music. A Cappella Books 2001, p. 157.
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online database, accessed December 16, 2013).
personal data
SURNAME Siegelstein, Sandy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siegelstein, Sanford J. (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American French horn player
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1919
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2013