Vido Musso Collection, 1939-1982

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Vido Musso Collection, 1939-1982

1939-1982

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=302

The collection consists of photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia from the life and career of Vido Musso.

1 box

eng, Latn

University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11633385

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Kenton, Stan, 1911-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk36r6 (person)

Stanley Newcomb Kenton was born on December 15, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas. His family lived in California and Colorado before permanently settling in Bell, California, in the Los Angeles area. Kenton's musical career began in his teens, and made his first recordings with Gus Arnheim in 1937, joining Vido Musso's band in 1938, and organizing a rehearsal band which evolved into his own orchestra. From the 1940s onward, the Kenton band was the site of intersection between jazz, popular music, and ex...

Musso, Vido, 1913-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v705bj (person)

Vido William Musso was born on January 16, 1913 in Carini, Palermo, Italy. His family settled in Detroit in 1920, and Musso relocated to California in the 1930s. He collaborated there with Stan Kenton, and was discovered by Benny Goodman via a radio broadcast with Gil Evans. Musso performed as a tenor saxophonist extensively with Benny Goodman and associated acts, including Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, and Lionel Hampton, as well as Harry James, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald ...