Vido Musso
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Vido William Musso (born January 17, 1913 in Carini; died January 9, 1982 in Rancho Mirage, California) was a Sicilian born jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader. His family moved to the United States in 1920.
He began on clarinet before switching to tenor sax. He is most associated with Stan Kenton who he first worked with in 1930. After that he worked with Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, and others before rejoining with Kenton. He reached his peak of notoriety with Kenton from 1945 to 1947.
Perhaps his most notable work with the Kenton orchestra was his "Come Back to Sorrento," which somehow combined his Italian background with the input of modern American jazz.
