Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo on December 2, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died January 17, 1992 in Pleasantville, New Jersey) was a tenor saxophonist and bandleader. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Pleasantville is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s
He had his first successes working with Gene Krupa. Gene Krupa ( January 15, 1909 &ndash October 16, 1973) was an influential American Jazz and Big band Drummer In 1945 he won the Down Beat readers' poll in the tenor saxophone division. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively [1] In the late 1940s he ran a few successful ensembles and went on to be known for "bop for the people. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Bebop or bop is a form of Jazz characterized by fast Tempos and Improvisation based on Harmonic structure rather than Melody " with vocalists Jackie Cain, and Roy Kral. That stated he began in swing. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United
After the 1950s he did few recordings, but did club work in Las Vegas. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally There he worked with Jackie Gleason. Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an He died at 75 of lung cancer. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung.
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