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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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The Crew Chiefs
The Crew Chiefs
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
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Ray Eberle
Ray Eberle
American singer (1919-1979)
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Trigger Alpert
Trigger Alpert
musician
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John Carisi
John Carisi
American trumpeter and composer
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Lenny Hambro
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Dick Hafer
Dick Hafer
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
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Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
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Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Buddy Arnold
Buddy Arnold
American jazz saxophonist
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Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Randy Brooks
Randy Brooks
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
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Gene Allen
Gene Allen
American musician
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Buzzy Drootin
Buzzy Drootin
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Sonny Igoe
Sonny Igoe
American musician
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Al Klink
Al Klink
American musician
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Skitch Henderson
Skitch Henderson
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918-2005)
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Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley
American musician
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Bill Finegan
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Junior Collins
Junior Collins
American musician
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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George Siravo
George Siravo
American musician
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Conrad Gozzo
Conrad Gozzo
American musician
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Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
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Lee Katzman
Lee Katzman
American musician
Ed Zandy
American trumpeter

Ed Zandy

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Eddie Zandy (right) with the Claude Thornhill Band in the Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.

Edward Eugene "Eddie" Zandy (March 27, 1920 in Gaffney, Pennsylvania – August 23, 2003 in Freeport, The Bahamas) was a professional trumpet player from 1938 until his death in 2003. He was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he also played with the Ina Ray Hutton, Claude Thornhill, Skitch Henderson and Gene Krupa bands. Zandy moved permanently to The Bahamas in 1968, living initially in Nassau and then Freeport, where he played in casino and hotel bands. One of his last performances was with the Apple Elliot Ensemble in The Bahamas.

In a band review of Tex Beneke, Downbeat magazine editors wrote, “…the brass section plays cleanly, too, boasting one superior soloist in the boppish trumpet of Eddie Zandy.”

Metronome magazine praised the “...Hackett-like (Bobby Hackett) but more modern trumpeting of Eddie Zandy”.

Zandy was born on March 27, 1920 in Gaffney, Pennsylvania but moved to Endicott, New York early in his childhood. He was a graduate of Union-Endicott High School and a US Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater. He was a lifetime member of Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM. Zandy died on August 23, 2003 in Freeport, The Bahamas.