Eddie Sauter

Actor

Date of birth : 12/02/1914

Date of death : 04/21/1981

City of birth : Brooklyn, New York, USA

Co-leader of the famed Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1952-1958), composer, arranger and conductor, he was educated at Columbia University and Juilliard, and studied under Stefan Wolpe, Bernard Wagenaar, and Louis Gruenberg. He joined the Archie Bleyer Orchestra in 1932, and arranged for Red Norvo, Mildred Bailey (1925-1939), Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, The Benny Goodman Orchestra (1940-1945) and Ray McKinley. He arranged for film, television, Broadway musicals and records. He joined ASCAP in 1952, and his popular-music compositions include "Superman"; "Benny Rides Again"; "The Man With the Flaccid Air"; "I'm Late, I'm Late"; "Night Rider"; "A Summer Afternoon"; and "All The Cats Join In". His other musical works include "Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra", and "Focus".