SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA
Big Band / Exotica • United States
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Eddie Sauter
Born 2 December 1914, Brooklyn, New York Died 21 April 1981, New York City, New York
Bill Finegan
Born 3 April 1917, Newark, New Jersey Died 4 June 2008, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Considered two of the best arrangers of the big band era, Sauter and Finegan joined forces in 1952 to form a group whose unusual instrumentation, arrangements, and material set it apart from just about everything else at the time--yet also ultimately led to its commercial downfall. Yet in the recordings of the Sauter-Finegan orchestra, you can hear the roots of a style that would burst forth a few years later in the stereo spectaculars of Esquivel, Enoch Light, and others.
Sauter and Finegan followed parallel but separate paths for the first two decades of their professional lives. Sauter started on drums and then switched to trumpet and began playing with dance bands in his late teens. He joined vibraphonist Red Norvo's band in 1935
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