Glad you enjoyed it, jond.
After the Lighthouse gig, Conte Candoli became a very busy studio musician. He ended his career as a permanent resident on the Johnny Carson Show band.
Here's a good clip of Conte playing with his brother Pete. Conte is the one in the middle with the fuller head of hair. Pete would sit in at the Lighthouse from time to time as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUbkM7lZaxM
One summer day, Conte played with a band that our our city hired to play in one of our outdoor summer music festivals around 25 years ago. I walked up to the trailer and introduced myself to him. I told Conte that I was a fan from the Lighthouse days back in the 50's. We shook hands and he told me the Lighthouse gig was the best gig he ever had. He signed an LP for me that I took to the festival for that purpose.
Great times guys ... L.A. had tons of super fine jazz clubs back in the day. As jazz became less popular ( Elvis and those damned Beatles!) :-) it became unprofitable and fell out of favor. Too bad as it was truly wonderful.
Here's a pics of the LIghthouse as it was back in the day ... 1 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California:
https://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=picture+lighthouse+jazz+club+hermosa+beach&v_t=webmail-search...
Frank
After the Lighthouse gig, Conte Candoli became a very busy studio musician. He ended his career as a permanent resident on the Johnny Carson Show band.
Here's a good clip of Conte playing with his brother Pete. Conte is the one in the middle with the fuller head of hair. Pete would sit in at the Lighthouse from time to time as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUbkM7lZaxM
One summer day, Conte played with a band that our our city hired to play in one of our outdoor summer music festivals around 25 years ago. I walked up to the trailer and introduced myself to him. I told Conte that I was a fan from the Lighthouse days back in the 50's. We shook hands and he told me the Lighthouse gig was the best gig he ever had. He signed an LP for me that I took to the festival for that purpose.
Great times guys ... L.A. had tons of super fine jazz clubs back in the day. As jazz became less popular ( Elvis and those damned Beatles!) :-) it became unprofitable and fell out of favor. Too bad as it was truly wonderful.
Here's a pics of the LIghthouse as it was back in the day ... 1 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California:
https://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=picture+lighthouse+jazz+club+hermosa+beach&v_t=webmail-search...
Frank