Toots Mondello

Toots Mondello ( born August 14, 1911 in Boston as Nuncio F. Mondello, † November 15, 1992 in New York City ) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the swing -.

Life

Toots Mondello began his career with 14 years in the local band by Lew Conrad; In 1927 he played in the band of Mal Hallett Territory, in which he remained until 1933. In addition, he worked with Roger Wolfe Kahn et al, Irving Aaronson 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 presence. 1939/40, he returned again back to Goodman. In between, he played again with Haymes, also with Ray Noble and Phil Harris. He was also a busy studio musician; he participated in recordings, inter alia, by Chick Bullock, Bunny Berigan, Miff Mole, Claude Thornhill, Larry Clinton, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Louis Armstrong ( 1938-39 ), Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman ( 1944) and the Metronome All stars with.

1937 and 1939 he took each under its own name, in two sessions with a big band, one in Nonet and one as a trio. After his military service in the Second World War put Mondello his work as a studio musician on, inter alia, to take pictures of Pearl Bailey, Tony Bennett / Ralph Burns, Billy Butterfield, Charlie Parker, Toots Thielemans and Sarah Vaughan, and starred in the TV studio bands of Kate Smith, Ed Sullivan and Milton Berle. He remained active until the 1970s; 1967 was yet another album with Benny Goodman.

Disco Graphical Notes

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

Swell

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 8th Edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
• Barry core field: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second Edition.