Salvador Camarata

American composer and trumpeter (1913–2005) Salvador CamarataAlso known as"Tutti""Toots"Born(1913-05-11)May 11, 1913Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.DiedApril 13, 2005(2005-04-13) (aged 91)Burbank, California, U.S.GenresClassicaljazzOccupationsMusiciancomposerarrangerrecord producerInstrumentTrumpetMusical artist Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (May 11, 1913 – April 13, 2005) was an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer. He was also known as "Toots" Camarata. Early life and career Camarata was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States, and studied music at the Juilliard School in New York as a student of Bernard Wagenaar, Joseph Littau, Cesare Sodero, and Jan Meyerowitz. His early career was as a trumpeter for bands such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and others, eventually becoming the lead trumpet and arranger for Jimmy Dorsey (arranging such hits as "Tangerine", "Green Eyes", and "Yours"). He also arranged for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and many others. He conducted and orchestrated a recording of Jascha Heifetz. During World War