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Charlie Ventura
12+ albums
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Charlie Ventura (1916–1992) was a tenor saxophonist and bandleader. Ventura was born Charles Venturo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 2nd December 1916. He had his first successes working with Gene Krupa. In 1945 he won the Down Beat readers' poll in the tenor saxophone division. In the late 1940s he ran a few successful ensembles with vocalists Jackie Cain, and Roy Kral, and went on to be known for "bop for the people". After the 1950s he made few recordings, but did club work in Las Vegas, where he worked with Jackie Gleason. On 17th January 1992 died in Pleasantville, New Jersey at the age of seventy-five, of lung cancer. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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albums
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BeBop Jazz Essentials
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The Chronogical 1951-1953
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The Chronogical 1949
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Charlie Ventura And His Band In Concert
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The Very Best Of
Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 297- EP: Duke Ellington For Dancing
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The Chronological Charlie Ventura: 1946-1947
Charlie Ventura - In Concert
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1949-1951
Charlie Ventura: Live At the Pasadena Civic Auditorium May 9, 1949 (feat. Charlie Ventura Septet, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral, Dave McKenna, Bob Carter, Sonny Igoe)
Someone to Watch over Me
The Beat Generation