Conte Candoli
Trumpet Solo on
I'll Remember April

About

Conte Candoli's one-chorus trumpet solo is the second of three solos on this Latin-feel reading of de Paul's standard. Following Frank Morgan's alto chorus, Candoli takes the 48-bar ABA form at 226 BPM in G, his West Coast-influenced tone and clean articulation providing a polished contrast to Morgan's more impassioned approach. The extended 48-bar form gives Candoli ample room to develop ideas across the tune's shifting tonal landscape, and his playing demonstrates the confidence and technical assurance that made him a fixture of the Los Angeles jazz scene.

Conte Candoli was 27 to 28 years old at the time.