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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Babe Russin
Babe Russin
American musician
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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George Van Eps
George Van Eps
musician
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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George Williams
George Williams
musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands
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Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
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Don Costa
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Axel Stordahl
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Chummy MacGregor
Chummy MacGregor
American musician
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Alec Wilder
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
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Wilbur Schwartz
Wilbur Schwartz
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger
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Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
American recording artist and singer
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams
American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television (1938-2018)
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor (1915-1998)
George Siravo
American musician

George Siravo

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American musician

George Siravo (October 2, 1916, Staten Island, New York - February 28, 2000, Medford, Oregon) was a composer, arranger, conductor, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

He began his career playing reeds with the Cliquot Club Eskimos and later was a member of the orchestras of led by Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, and Jan Savitt. He played alto saxophone in the first Glenn Miller orchestra, appearing on the 1937 recording "Community Swing".

In the 1940s, he became a staff arranger for Columbia Records and worked with Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Tony Bennett, Connie Boswell, Vic Damone, and Artie Shaw.

He orchestrated two of Frank Sinatra's 1950s albums: Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra and Songs for Young Lovers with Nelson Riddle. He arranged Doris Day's "It's Magic" and Tony Bennett's "Who Can I Turn To?" He also recorded instrumental albums under his own name such as Seductive Strings by Siravo which featured trumpeter Doc Severinsen. He orchestrated the 1947 Universal International film Something in the Wind starring Deanna Durbin and Donald O'Connor.