Pete Rugolo (born December 25, 1915) is an Italian-born composer and arranger. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He was born in Patti, Sicily, but his parents 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. Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... Santa Rosa, Spanish for Saint Rose, is the name of a number of places: Argentina Santa Rosa, Argentina Santa Rosa Department, Catamarca Santa Rosa Department, Mendoza Brazil Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul Santa Rosa, Goiás Colombia Santa Rosa, Bolívar Santa Rosa, Cauca Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official language(s) English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... This is an article on the voice type. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. ... Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 - June 22, 1974) was a French-Jewish composer and teacher. ... Mills College is a private womens liberal arts college located in Oakland, California, USA. It has played an important role in modern American music through its post-graduate program in experimental music, and is highly regarded for its English and Education departments. ... Oakland is the name of several places in the United States of America: Oakland, Alabama Oakland, California (The best-known city with this name) Oakland, Florida Oakland, Maine Oakland, Maryland Oakland, Michigan Oakland, Nebraska Oakland, New Jersey Oakland, Oregon Oakland, Pennsylvania Oakland, Rhode Island Oakland, Tennessee Oakland, Wisconsin Oakland Township...

After he graduated, he was hired as an arranger and composer by guitarist and bandleader Johnny Richards. He spent World War II playing with Paul Desmond in an army band. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck, October 8, 1954. ...

He is most famous for his writing for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, although he led a long and successful career as a composer and arranger based in Los Angeles for many years. He has written for the Four Freshmen (for whom he was musical director) and many others. Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979), was an American jazz pianist, and bandleader known for his innovations in jazz music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... The Four Freshmen were an American vocal group popular from the 1950s through the early 1960s. ...