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A superior bop trumpeter inspired by
Don Fagerquist,
Carl Saunders has long been one of the top jazz soloists based in Los Angeles, but has recorded far too infrequently to gain the fame he deserves. As a teenager, he played with
Stan Kenton (1960) and his uncle
Bobby Sherwood (
Dave Pell is also an uncle).
Saunders picked up experience touring with
Benny Goodman,
Charlie Barnet,
Harry James,
Buddy Rich, and
Maynard Ferguson (1967), and played regularly in show bands in Las Vegas until moving to Los Angeles in 1984. Since then,
Saunders has worked in the studios, performed with the new
Dave Pell Octet, popped up in many local big bands, and finally, in 1995, recorded a CD of his own for the small S&L label. ~ Scott Yanow