Artist Info: Pete Rugolo

Pete Rugolo (December 25, 1915 - October 16, 2011) was a Sicilian-born jazz composer and arranger.

He was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Santa Rosa, California. He started his musical career playing the baritone, like his father, but he quickly branched out into other instruments, notably the French horn and the piano. He received a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State College, and then studied composition with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California. [read more...]