Pete Rugolo
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Pietro Rugolo, known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer.
Pete Rugolo, c. December 1946, photograph by William P. Gottlieb
Stan Kenton
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Stanley Newcomb Kenton was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Tho
Pete Rugolo
…bandleader Johnny Richards. Rugulo spent World War II playing with altoist Paul Desmond in an Army band (1942-1945). After the war, Rugolo worked for Stan Kenton. He and songwriter Joe Greene collaborated on songs that made Kenton's band one of America's most popular. While Rugolo continued to work occasionally…
Kenton in January 1947
Stan Kenton, Billboard magazine, October 1942
Stan Kenton with bassist Eddie Safranski, 1947 or 1948
Sam Donahue and orchestra, Kenton on right, New York, 1946