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CARL SAUNDERS “BE-BOP BIG BAND” and BIRTHDAY BASH!!! at Feinstein's At Vitello's
Courtesy of Keith Johnson | Posted on July 13, 2012
Where
Feinstein's At Vitello's
4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA
Map
818-769-0905
When
Mon, August 6, 2012
8pm
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Musicians
Carl Saunders
trumpetCarl Saunders Bebop Big Band
trumpetAbout
In 1984, Carl Saunders moved to Los Angeles where he was soon playing lead trumpet with Bill Holman’s Orchestra, a position he still holds. Saunders has also worked with John Williams and the big bands of Bob Florence, Johnny Mandel, Gerald Wilson, and the Phil Norman Tentet. In 1994, he became a member of the Dave Pell Octet (in Don Fagerquist’s old chair.) In addition, he is often heard at the head of his own groups including the Carl Saunders Be Bop Big Band, his sextet and a quartet.
After spending part of 1962-63 traveling with Bobby Sherwood’s group (playing drums), Carl settled back in Las Vegas where during the next 20 years he played with a countless number of show bands, including lead trumpet with Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennet, and Frank Sinatra. Saunders also traveled as a lead player with Paul Anka and Robert Goulet and with such bandleaders as Si Zentner, Harry James, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Goodman and Charlie Barnet. In 1978 he also played drums one night in Las Vegas with Harry James and his band when Sonny Payne missed his plane and couldn’t get to the gig....