SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA

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Eddie Sauter

Born 2 December 1914, Brooklyn, New York Died 21 April 1981, New York City, New York

Bill Finegan

Born 3 April 1917, Newark, New Jersey Died 4 June 2008, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Considered two of the best arrangers of the big band era, Sauter and Finegan joined forces in 1952 to form a group whose unusual instrumentation, arrangements, and material set it apart from just about everything else at the time--yet also ultimately led to its commercial downfall. Yet in the recordings of the Sauter-Finegan orchestra, you can hear the roots of a style that would burst forth a few years later in the stereo spectaculars of Esquivel, Enoch Light, and others.

Sauter and Finegan followed parallel but separate paths for the first two decades of their professional lives. Sauter started on drums and then switched to trumpet and began playing with dance bands in his late teens. He joined vibraphonist Red Norvo's band in 1935
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SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA New Directions In Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Directions In Music
Big Band 1952
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Inside Sauter-Finegan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Inside Sauter-Finegan
Big Band 1954
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA The Sound Of The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sound Of The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Big Band 1954
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Concert Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concert Jazz
Exotica 1955
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Adventure In Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Adventure In Time
Exotica 1956
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Under Analysis album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Under Analysis
Big Band 1957
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Memories Of Goodman And Miller album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Memories Of Goodman And Miller
Big Band 1958
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Straight Down The Middle album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Straight Down The Middle
Big Band 1958
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA The Return Of The Doodletown Fifers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Return Of The Doodletown Fifers
Big Band 1960
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Pop Concert (aka Stereo Fantasy aka Lullaby Of The Leaves) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pop Concert (aka Stereo Fantasy aka Lullaby Of The Leaves)
Big Band 1962

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SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA Sauter-Finegan Orchestra And Betty Madigan : The National Guard Show album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra And Betty Madigan : The National Guard Show
Big Band 1954

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SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA One Night Stand With The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One Night Stand With The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Big Band 1984
SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA That's All album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
That's All
Big Band 1997

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