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Pete Candoli Papers, 1936-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Pete Candoli Papers
- Dates
- 1936-2008 (inclusive)19362008
- Quantity
- 9.5 linear feet, (16 boxes and one oversize photograph)
- Collection Number
- IJC.MG.18
- Summary
- The majority of the Pete Candoli Papers consists of original music manuscripts, arrangements, muscial scores, and published sheet music either created or used by Pete Candoli throughout his career. Other items in the collection include correspondence, clothing, photographs and biographical information. Gift of Sheryl Deauville Candoli.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The bulk of the materials in the Pete Candoli Papers include original music manusripts, arrangements, printed/published sheet music and musical scores either created or used by Pete Candoli during his career. Of the original arrangements present in the collection only a small number cannot be directly attributed to Pete Candoli and those are noted in the organization of collection materials under other arrangements. Included in the original arrangements are those written for vocalists Vicky Lane and Betty Hutton as well as arrangements for the Pete Candoli band and performances of Pete Candoli with younger brother Conte Candoli. Additional collection materials include original arrangements for a club act with Candoli, his band, and performer Edie Adams. Other items in the collection include newspaper clippings,corresponence, photographs, a tuxedo and a hat(off-site).
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Pete Candoli, born Walter Joseph Candoli in Mishawaka, Indiana June 28, 1923, began his professional career as a jazz trumpeter at the age of 13 when he became a member of the American Federation of Musicians. Pete started with the Sonny Durham Band in 1940 then between 1941 and 1944 played with Will Bradley, Benny Goodman, Ray McKinley, Tommy Dorsey, Freddie Slack and Charlie Barnet. In 1944 Pete began a two year association with Woody Herman. It was with Herman he became known as a “powerful and flamboyant soloist” displaying stamina and high note prowess when he appeared on stage at the end of the tune “Apple Honey” in a homemade Superman costume and “cut loose scorching, dissonant flurries of high notes.” After Herman, Pete played with Tex Beneke (1947-1949) and Jerry Gray (1950-1951) before moving to Los Angeles where he played with Les Brown (1952), Stan Kenton (1954-1956) and Glen Gray (1956-1963) and began a successful stint as a studio musician. As a studio musician he became a frequent collaborator of many influential musicians and performers including Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini and Frank Sinatra. Pete also worked on numerous film and television soundtracks most notably as part of the Henry Mancini ensemble that provided the jazz based score for the television show “Peter Gunn.” One of Pete’s frequent collaborators was younger brother Conte, also a well-known and well-respected jazz trumpeter. The Candoli Brothers formed a band in 1957 and would continue to perform and record together off and on throughout the next four decades. During his career, Pete accumulated 301 recording credits either as a conductor, arranger, composer, or performer including credits as a guest and featured artist. He was inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997, the Big Band Hall of Fame in 2003 and won the Down Beat, Metronome, Esquire “All American Band Trumpet Bronze Award.” Look magazine named him one of seven all-time outstanding jazz trumpet players with others receiving the honor including legends Louis Armstrong, Harry James and Dizzy Gillespie. Pete Candoli died January 11, 2008 at his home in Studio City, California at the age of 84.
References Bowers, Jack. Pete Candoli. www.allaboutjazz.com Ginell, Richard S. Pete Candoli. www.allmusic.com. Keepnews, Peter. Pete Candoli, Trumpeter and Studio Musician, Dies at 84. January 23, 2008. www.nytimes.com. Kernfeld, Frederick A. Beck and Barry Kernfeld. Pete Cabndoli. www.oxfordmusiconline.com.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Pete Candoli Papers, IJC MG 18, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Pete Candoli Papers are arranged to empasize Candoli's work as an arranger and performer. Original arrangements and compositions created by Candoli are noted in the sub-series Pete Candoli arrangements and compositions within the arrangments, compositions, trumpet solos, unfinished work and performance notes series. Other series in the collection include published music which contains the sub-series muscial scores, music books and sheet music and personal which includes photographs, clothing, correspondence and awards and certificates.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Sheryl Deauville Candoli.
Related Materials
The Conte Candoli Papers (IJC MG 17) contains items from the career of Pete Candoli's younger brother Conte, also a trumpeter. The two performed frequently as a duo and audio recordings and printed materials within the Conte Candoli Papers reference these joint peformances.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Published MusicReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | ||
| 1 | Music Books |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Sixteen Contemporary Etudes for Trumpet by Anthony Plog |
| 1 | Eighteen Etudes for the Clarinet |
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| 1 | The Army Journal for Full Military Band Concerto for B Cornet or Trumpet |
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| 2 | Duets in Jazz |
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| 1 | Penderecki Anaklasis |
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| 2 | Penderecki Fluorescences |
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| 1 | Modern Method for the Spanish Guitar |
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| 1 | Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun |
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| 1 | Ode by Igor Stravinsky |
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| 1 | The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky |
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| 1 | Petroushka by Igor Stravinsky |
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| Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Ballads Volume 32 by Jamey Aebersold |
| 1 | Book of compositions by Tony Gorman and collaborators |
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| Box | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sheet Music |
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 2 | Pasta E Fasol by Frank Barbaro |
| 1 | 2 | Should I or Shouldn't I by Neil Hefri |
| 1 | 2 | Little Boy Blues by Floud Huddleston |
| 1 | 2 | Love's Music by Ray Linn |
| 1 | 2 | Elegy by Ray Linn |
| 1 | 2 | He Says Murder by Loesser and McHugh |
| 1 | 2 | Theme and Variations Opus 10 No. 3 |
| 1 | 2 | I'm Alone Too Much by Joel Marston and Jimmy Dobson |
| 1 | 2 | If You Were There by Jim Dobson and Joel Marston |
| 1 | 2 | The Best Is Yet To Come b Cy Coleman |
| 1 | 2 | Late Date b Neal Hefti and A.J. Neiburg |
| 1 | 2 | Thorough Fare by John Mandel |
| 1 | 2 | Dot's What by John Mandel |
| 1 | 2 | Tommyhawk by John Mandel |
| 1 | 2 | Pernod by John Mandel |
| 1 | 2 | Don't Bother Me by Joe Greene and Eddie Beal |
| 1 | 2 | Brown Ballad by Ray Brown |
| 1 | 2 | Now That I Need You by Frank Loesser |
| 1 | 2 | I Wish I Didn't Love You So by Frank Loesser |
| 1 | 2 | TR 3 by Julian Davidson |
| 1 | 2 | Julie is Her Name by Bobby Troup |
| 1 | 2 | Just The Way I Am by Bobby Troup |
| 1 | 2 | There She Goes by Bobby Troup |
| 1 | 3 | Bob-Bla by Ray Linn |
| 1 | 3 | When Summer Turns To Snow by Marilyn and Alan Begman and David Grusin |
| 1 | 3 | Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief by Webster and Carmichael |
| 1 | 3 | April by Henry Russell |
| 1 | 3 | Ma-Na-Ma-Nootsy by Paul Frees and Ruby Raskin |
| 1 | 3 | My Former Lover Says by Joel Marston and Jim Dobson |
| 2 | 1 | Send Me, Nicky by George W. Duning |
| 2 | 1 | Zodiac Blues by George Duning |
| 2 | 1 | Shep Shook by George Duning |
| 2 | 1 | Zodiac Serenade by George Duning |
| 1 | 4 | Secret Love by Webster and Fain |
| 1 | 4 | If I Love Again by Murray and Oakland |
| 1 | 4 | If I Should Lose You by Robin and Rainger |
| 1 | 4 | The Age of Not Believing by Sherman and Sherman |
| 1 | 4 | Birdland by Freddie Hubbard |
| 1 | 4 | Easy Living by Robin and Rainger |
| 1 | 4 | Sweet Georgia Brown by Bernie, Pinkard and Casey |
| 1 | 4 | By The Way by Lewis, Young, Pollack and White |
| 1 | 4 | Hold Me Close To You by Blaine and Warren |
| 1 | 4 | He Was Too Good To Me by Rodgers and Hart |
| 1 | 4 | Close As Pages In a Book by Fields and Romberg |
| 1 | 4 | Adelai by Abbott and Calleja |
| 1 | 4 | My Heart Sings by Rome, Jamblan and Herpin |
| 1 | 4 | My Intuition by Mercer and Warren |
| 1 | 4 | My Kinda Love by Trent and Alter |
| 1 | 5 | We're In This Love Together by Murrah and Stegall |
| 1 | 5 | Nice Work If You Can Get It by George and Ira Gershiwn |
| 1 | 5 | Rhaposdy for Trumpet by John La Porta |
| 1 | 5 | Jersey Bounce by Plater, Bradshaw and Johnson |
| 1 | 5 | Java by Friday, Touissant and Tyler |
| 1 | 5 | Trumpet Soliloquy by Bob Seibert |
| 1 | 5 | Fly Me To The Moon by Bart Howard |
| 1 | 5 | Sonata for Eb String by Carl Saunders |
| 1 | 5 | Irish Legend by Pegy O'Dell |
| 1 | 5 | But The World Goes Round by Kander and Ebb |
| 1 | 5 | Donna Lee |
| 1 | 5 | Only God Is Great by Phil Zeller |
| 1 | 5 | Proclaim the Glory |
| 1 | 5 | The Summer Knows by Bergman, Bergman and LeGrand |
| Folder | ||
| 1 | 6 | Song Catalogs |
| 2 | Musical Scores |
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| Box | ||
| 2 | Anything Goes |
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| Folder | ||
| 2 | 2 | Kilroy Was Here |
| 2 | 4 | Brotherhood of Man |
| 2 | 3 | Portrait of A Great America |
Arrangements, Compositions, Solos, Untitled or Unfinished Work and Performance Notes, (bulk 1952-1977) 1936-2008Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Pete Candoli Arrangements and Compositions 4.5 linear feet,
this sub-series consists of muscial arrangements and original compositions which can be attributed to and
were created by Pete Candoli througout his decades long
career.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Original 1 |
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| 3 | 2 | Original 2 |
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| 3 | 3 | Original 3 |
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| 3 | 4 | Original 4 |
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| 3 | 5 | Original |
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| 3 | 6 | I.O.U. |
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| 3 | 7 | OW! |
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| 4 | 9 | And Away We Go |
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| 4 | 10 | Blueing Boogie |
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| 4 | 10 | Beetle Bug Jump |
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| 4 | 11 | Bugle Call Rag |
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| 12 | 12 | Colonel Boogey's Rock |
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| 4 | 12 | Darn That Dream |
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| 4 | 13 | Don't Be That Way |
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| 4 | 14 | The Flying Red Horse |
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| 4 | 15 | Give It Back To The Indians |
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| 4 | 16 | Go To My Head |
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| 4 | 17 | How Deep Is The Ocean |
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| 4 | 18 | I Cover The Waterfront |
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| 9 | 7 | Jeepers Creepers |
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| 4 | 19 | Lazy Bones |
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| 4 | 20 | Love Your Magis Spell is Everywhere |
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| 4 | 21 | Lullaby of Broadway |
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| 4 | 22 | Medley-Yesterday's |
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| 8 | 2 | Right as Rain |
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| 4 | 23 | That Trumpet Man |
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| 4 | 24 | Themes and Bridges |
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| 4 | 25 | Theme for Pete Candoli Band |
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| 4 | 26 | Thunder and Blazes |
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| 12 | 1 | St. Louis Blues Boogie |
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| 4 | 27 | Stardust |
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| 4 | 28 | You Gotta Get Up |
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| 4 | 29 | You Made Me Love You |
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| 4 | 30 | Tranca's Pranks |
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| 4 | 31 | Chin Biri Bin |
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| 4 | 32 | Doxy |
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| 4 | 2 | Anna |
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| 4 | 1 | Alouette |
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| 4 | 3 | Candy |
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| 9 | 9 | Diane |
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| 10 | 13 | Dinah |
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| 10 | 14 | Georgia |
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| 4 | 4 | Gigi |
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| 4 | 5 | Ida |
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| 4 | 6 | Margie |
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| 4 | 7 | Mary Lou |
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| 10 | 6 | Valentina |
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| 4 | 8 | Audrey's Points |
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| 5 | 1 | A-Leu-Cha |
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| 5 | 2 | Mozart's Alleluia |
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| 5 | 3 | Am I Blue |
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| 5 | 4 | Angel Played The Trumpet |
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| 5 | 5 | A-Train |
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| 5 | 6 | Bal Mosque |
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| 5 | 7 | Beautiful Love |
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| 5 | 8 | Blue Merle Girl |
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| 5 | 9 | Bop Goes The Polka |
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| 5 | 10 | Bugle Call Mambo |
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| 6 | 1 | Caravan |
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| 6 | 2 | Corn, Cotton Candy, Balloons |
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| 6 | 3 | Crazy Rhythm |
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| 6 | 4 | Doctor, Lawyer |
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| 6 | 5 | Down In The Depths |
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| 6 | 6 | Fascinating Rhythm |
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| 6 | 7 | Foggy Day |
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| 6 | 8 | Groovin' High |
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| 9 | 14 | He Was Too Good To Me |
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| 7 | 1 | Honeysuckle Rose |
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| 9 | 13 | I Can't Get Started |
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| 9 | 12 | If I Love Again |
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| 7 | 2 | I Love You |
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| 9 | 8 | I May Be Wrong |
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| 7 | 4 | I Say Oh, No! |
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| 7 | 3 | I Want To Be Happy |
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| 9 | 7 | Jeepers Creepers |
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| 9 | 6 | Jinky Bug |
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| 9 | 5 | Just You, Just Me |
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| 9 | 4 | Love Isn't Born |
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| 3 | 7 | Lover Man |
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| 9 | 11 | Masquerade |
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| 7 | 5 | My Romance |
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| 9 | 10 | Nothing Like A Dame |
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| 10 | 7 | Now We Know |
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| 10 | 15 | Old Devil Moon |
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| 8 | 1 | Our Very Own |
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| 8 | 2 | Right As Rain |
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| 7 | 6 | Round Midnight |
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| 8 | 16 | The Song Is You |
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| 8 | 9 | Soak Yo' Sally |
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| 8 | 8 | S'Wonderful |
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| 8 | 7 | Tara Ferma |
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| 9 | 1 | They Say It's Wonderful |
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| 9 | 3 | There's A Tavern In The Town |
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| 9 | 2 | This Heart of Mine |
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| 8 | 17 | Three Little Words |
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| 8 | 14 | Too Marvelous |
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| 8 | 13 | Tumblin' Tumbleweeds |
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| 8 | 12 | Walkie Talkie |
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| 8 | 15 | What Is This Thing Called Love |
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| 8 | 11 | When It's Twilight on the Trail |
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| 7 | 9 | When You're Smiling |
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| 8 | 10 | Who's Sorry Now |
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| 7 | 8 | Why Don't You Do Right |
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| 8 | 3 | Willow Weep |
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| 8 | 6 | You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes |
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| 8 | 5 | You Hit The Spot |
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| 7 | 7 | You're A Sweetheart |
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| 8 | 4 | You're So Right For Me |
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| 10 | 4 | Trolley Song |
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| 10 | 11 | My Heart Stood Still |
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| 10 | 12 | Black Coffee |
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| 12 | 11 | How Am I To Know |
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| 12 | 9 | Hoedown Boo-ga-loo |
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| 12 | 10 | All At The Very Same Time |
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| 12 | 7 | Little Things |
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| 12 | 8 | Pagliaccio |
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| 10 | 9 | Untitled Song |
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| 10 | 10 | Pete's Horn Pipe |
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| 10 | 1 | Doodlin' |
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| 10 | 8 | Chum Ba Cha Ro |
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| 12 | 6 | Sometime's I'm Happy |
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| 11 | 21 | I Wonder What Became Of Me |
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| 11 | 22 | Waters of Minetonka |
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| 11 | 2 | I Surrender Dear |
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| 11 | 10 | Ice Cream Truck |
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| 11 | 24 | Splanky |
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| 11 | 12 | Quicksilver |
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| 11 | 11 | Hold Me |
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| 10 | 5 | Tea For Two |
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| 11 | 23 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
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| 11 | 1 | Stormy Weather |
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| 11 | 20 | Mr. Clean |
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| 11 | 5 | Mad About The Boy |
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| 11 | 7 | Little Josh |
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| 11 | 50 | Brotherhood of Man |
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| 11 | 8 | Rhapsody in Blue |
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| 11 | 9 | Overture |
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| 11 | 4 | Pete's Boogie/ Rockin' Boogie |
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| 11 | 3 | Long Ago and Far Away |
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| 11 | 19 | Abadonato |
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| 11 | 14 | Equinox |
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| 11 | 15 | Echo |
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| 11 | 13 | Boplicity |
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| 11 | 16 | Band Era |
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| 11 | 17 | Blue Daniel |
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| 11 | 31 | Boy Meets Horn |
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| 11 | 18 | Calypso Pete |
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| 10 | 16 | Hot Lips |
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| 11 | 34 | Four |
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| 11 | 33 | Catch A Little Lovelight |
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| 11 | 32 | Cheremoya |
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| 11 | 48 | Interlude |
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| 11 | 47 | It Had To Be You |
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| 11 | 46 | It Amazes Me |
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| 11 | 54 | Just Friends |
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| 11 | 25 | Jitterbug Waltz |
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| 11 | 26 | Lime House Blues |
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| 11 | 28 | My Funny Valentine |
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| 11 | 27 | Moped |
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| 11 | 29 | Handel's Messiah |
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| 11 | 30 | Mishawaka Flash |
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| 11 | 52 | New York, New York |
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| 11 | 53 | In The Mood |
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| 10 | 2 | Night in Tunisia |
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| 11 | 36 | On The Trail |
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| 11 | 45 | Strazzatonic |
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| 11 | 44 | Summertime |
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| 11 | 43 | Sweet Georgia Brown |
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| 11 | 49 | Sugar Blues |
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| 11 | 51 | Rock Blues |
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| 11 | 42 | Play It Cool |
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| 11 | 41 | Pete's Waltz |
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| 11 | 40 | Pete's Blues |
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| 11 | 39 | Portrait of the Lion |
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| 11 | 37 | We're In the Money/ Baby Face |
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| 11 | 35 | Secret Love |
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| 4 | 33 | It Never Entered My Mind |
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| 11 | 6 | Night Flight |
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| 11 | 55 | La-Cum-Bia |
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| 12 | 2 | Tiger Rag Mambo |
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| 12 | 3 | Embraceable You |
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| 12 | 4 | Onward Christian Soldiers |
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| 12 | 5 | Danny Boy |
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| 12 | 10 | All At The Very Same Time |
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| 10 | 17 | Summertime-Blue Mood-Blue Indigo-Yesterday's |
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| 13 | Pete Candoli Trumpet Solos 0.5 linear feet,
box 13 contains personalized folders of trumpet solos used and performed by Pete Candoli.
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| 14 | Pete Candoli Untitled and Unfinished Work and Performance Notes 1.0 linear feet,
this box contains folders of Pete Candoli's untitled or unfinished work in addition to handwritten notes on
order of performance of songs and vocalists cue sheets.
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| 15 |
Other Musical Arrangements This sub-series contains musical arrangements from
other artists which were used by Pete Candoli throughout
his musical career. While the majority of these materials are housed in box 15 oversized arrangements
by other artists are also included in box 12.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Shep Shook |
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| 15 | 2 | Ja Da |
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| 15 | 3 | Groovin' High |
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| 15 | 4 | Molten Swing |
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| 15 | 5 | Pavanne |
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| 15 | 6 | Brotherhood of Man |
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| 15 | 7 | Theme from M*A*S*H |
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| 15 | 8 | C.B. Express |
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| 15 | 9 | La Virgen de la Macarena |
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| 15 | 10 | Carnival of Venice |
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| 15 | 11 | Pressure Cooker |
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| 15 | 12 | Hey Bell Boy |
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| 15 | 13 | Oops! |
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| 15 | 14 | A Year From Today |
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| 15 | 15 | Night Cluib |
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| 15 | 16 | Old Folks |
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| 15 | 17 | Richard Diamond Blues |
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| 15 | 18 | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis |
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| 15 | 19 | It's a Wonderful World |
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| 15 | 20 | A Warm Breeze |
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| 15 | 21 | Over The Rainbow |
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| 15 | 22 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love |
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| 15 | 23 | Fly Me To The Moon |
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| 15 | 24 | Who's Sorry Now |
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| 15 | 25 | Satin Doll |
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| 15 | 26 | After The Rain |
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| 15 | 27 | Samantha |
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| 15 | 28 | Chelsea Bridge |
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| 12 | 13 | Steve Canyon The Mueller Story |
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| 12 | 14 | Steve Canyon Sabatoge |
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| 12 | 15 | And The Angels Sing |
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| 12 | 16 | I'll Never Love This Way Again |
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| 12 | 17 | Sir Duke |
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| 12 | 18 | My Buddy |
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| 12 | 19 | What'll I Do |
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| 12 | 20 | Peter Gunn |
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PersonalReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 16
| Container(s) | Description |
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Biographical Information |
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Photographs |
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Business Ideas |
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Correspondence |
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Awards and Certificates |
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Clothing off-site
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Big Bands--United States
- Jazz Musicians
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Candoli, Pete, 1923-2008 (musician)
Finding aid prepared by Laura Guedes and Darcie Riedner
2012
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