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Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

Band, 1952-1957 US
Jazz and Pop

The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s.The orchestra was led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, who were both experienced big band arrangers. Sauter played mellophone, trumpet, and drums, and had attended Columbia University and Juilliard; Finegan had studied at the Paris Conservatory. They began recording together in 1952, using inventive arrangements that made use of a variety of unusual instruments, including many orchestral instruments as well as oddities like the kazoo and the beaten human chest.

Members

	Doc Severinsen tr, fh *1927 US
	Max Bennett b *1928 US
	Bill Finegan p 1917-2008 US
	Bobby Nichols tr US
	Romeo Penque fl, sax 1916-1985 US
	Mundell Lowe g *1922 US
	Eddie Sauter xyl, tr 1914-1981 US
	Danny Bank bs, bcl 1922-2010 US
	Nick Travis tr 1925-1964 US
	Harvey Estrin sax, fl, as 1929-2002 US
	Wally Kane cl
	Al Block as 1925-2015 US
	Joe Venuto perc, vib US
	Harvey Phillips tu 1929-2010 US
	Sid Cooper fl, cl, sax 1918-2011 CA
	Al De Risi tr US
	Gene Allen bs, bcl 1928-2008 US
	Joe Ferrante tr 1925-2016 US
	Trigger Alpert b 1916-2013 US
	Mousey Alexander dr 1922-1988 US
	Jay McAllister tu
	Thomas Mitchell tb 1926-2003 US
	Walter Rosenberger perc US
	Sonny Russo tb 1929-2013 US
	Verlye Mills hrp *1913 US
	Willard Harris tb
	Elden Bailey perc
	John Lesko key
	Gil Cohen tb US
	Raymond Shiner ob, sax
	Jimmy Thompson tb
	Danny Finton p
	Steras Charas perc