The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s.
12-512: The orchestra was led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan , who were both experienced big band arrangers. Sauter played mellophone , trumpet, and drums, and had attended Columbia University and Juilliard ; Finegan had studied at the Paris Conservatory . They began recording together in 1952, using inventive arrangements that made use of a variety of unusual instruments, including many orchestral instruments as well as oddities like
24-584: A deeper and deeper financial hole"--and it took seven years to fully discharge the unit's debts. In March 1957, the pair disbanded the group, and Sauter moved to Germany; Finegan continued as an arranger. They reunited in the studio in 1959 to release a new album, Return of the Doodletown Fifers , and to do jingles for advertisers. After Sauter's death in 1981, Finegan revived the name Sauter-Finegan Orchestra for concerts in New York City in
36-636: A full-time arranger for Norvo. He arranged and composed for Artie Shaw , Tommy Dorsey , Woody Herman , and especially Benny Goodman , earning a reputation for intricate work such as "Benny Rides Again", "Moonlight on the Ganges", and "Clarinet a la King". A bout of tuberculosis contracted in 1942, however, forced a stay at the Summit Park Sanatorium in Pomona, New York , and stalled his musical career for some time. From 1952 to 1958, Sauter
48-522: A heart attack in Nyack , New York, on April 21, 1981. Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One is a 1965 studio album by Stan Getz arranged by Eddie Sauter of their music for the soundtrack of the 1965 film Mickey One . The two men had previously collaborated on Getz's album Focus (1961). Billboard chose
60-459: A year." Their first chart appearance was with " Doodletown Fifers ", their version of a Civil War tune called "Kingdom Coming and the Year of Jubilo". " Nina Never Knew " (featuring vocalist Joe Mooney ) and "The Moon is Blue" (with Sally Sweetland ) soon followed on the charts. With the success of the singles, they put together a 21-member touring ensemble and began playing venues in 1953. Sweetland
72-493: Is best known for jazz, he also orchestrated Broadway musicals such as 1776 , The Apple Tree , and It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman . Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick said of Sauter's Broadway work: "Eddie did these marvelous things, always theatrical, always effective. And completely unlike anybody else." His composition "World Without Time" is used as the theme music for the public affairs show The Open Mind , originally hosted by Richard Heffner . Sauter died of
84-441: The kazoo and the beaten human chest. In 1957 the 20 members of the band played 90 instruments, including flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, and harp. A June 7, 1952, article in the trade publication Billboard described the new group as "a creative band, which will combine dance music as well as mood interpretations." The group initially had a three-year contract with RCA Victor , with plans "for about 16 sides
96-606: The 1980s. "World Without Time," from "Adventures in Time" was chosen by host Richard Heffner as the theme music for The Open Mind . Eddie Sauter Edward Ernest Sauter (December 2, 1914 – April 21, 1981) was an American composer and arranger during the swing era . Sauter studied music at Columbia University and the Juilliard School . He began as a drummer and then played trumpet professionally, including with Red Norvo 's orchestra. Eventually he became
108-531: The album as their 'Soundtrack Spotlight' in their November 6, 1965 issue and wrote that "Getz's alto sax [ sic ] conjures up the feeling of a big city and the loneliness, excitement, despair, and frustrations of those who live in it. The tension mounts in the score as in the film". Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that Getz was "well-prepared for the demanding task of soloing atop expansive movie soundtrack charts...Amidst Sauter's kaleidoscopic and mercurial backdrop, Getz offers up
120-509: The jazz drummer, appeared on "I'm Late, I'm Late", the only selection to use a non-string instrument other than Getz. Sauter and Getz collaborated again during Sauter's work composing the score for the film Mickey One (1965), which starred Warren Beatty . Sauter's television composing includes the third season theme to Rod Serling's Night Gallery . In 2003, Sauter was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame . Although Sauter
132-620: Was co-leader of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra . Between 1957 and 1959, he was Kurt Edelhagen 's successor as leader of the SWF orchestra in Baden-Baden , Germany. In 1961, he worked with tenor saxophonist Stan Getz on the album Focus , a collaboration for which Sauter at Getz's commission wrote a suite of string compositions without primary melodies. This allowed Getz to improvise them in his customary style. Roy Haynes ,
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#1732790280327144-467: Was the group's female vocalist, and Andy Roberts was the male vocalist. Because the group played in dance halls rather than concert venues, they encountered little success on the road, and quit touring in 1955 after having accrued much debt. As Sauter explained, "Being popular and famous didn't always mean that you could meet your weekly payroll for such a large band....large gaps in our schedule, due to cancelled dates and other problems, kept putting us into
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