Co-leader of the famed Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1952-1958), composer, arranger and conductor, he was educated at Columbia University and Juilliard, and studied under Stefan Wolpe, Bernard Wagenaar, and Louis Gruenberg. He joined the Archie Bleyer Orchestra in 1932, and arranged for Red Norvo, Mildred Bailey (1925-1939), Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, The Benny Goodman Orchestra (1940-1945) and Ray McKinley. He arranged for film, television, Broadway musicals and records. He joined ASCA...
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