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Santo J. "Sonny" Russo (March 20, 1929 – February 23, 2013) was an American jazz trombonist. Russo grew up in a musical family; both his father and grandfather were professional horn players. He first played piano and violin, and played with his father's group at age 15. He had a long list of associations with noted jazz musicians; he started out with Buddy Morrow in 1947, and then played with Lee Castle (1948), Sam Donahue (1949), Artie Shaw (1949–50), Art Mooney (1950), Tito Puente, Jerry Wald, Tommy Tucker, Buddy Rich, Ralph Flanagan (1951–52), the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1953–55), Neal Hefti (1954–55), John LaPorta (1954-1957) where Russo played alto saxophone, Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey (1955–56), and Maynard Ferguson (1956). Starting in the mid-1950s Russo found work in the band

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  • سوني روسو (بالإنجليزية: Sonny Russo)‏ هو عازف جاز أمريكي، ولد في 20 مارس 1929 في نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 23 فبراير 2013. (ar)
  • Sonny Russo (20. března 1929 – 23. února 2013) byl americký jazzový pozounista. Pocházel z hudební rodiny a již od dětství hrál na housle a klavír. Svou kariéru zahájil ve věku patnácti let v kapele svého otce. Roku 1947 začal hrát ve skupině pozounisty a později působil v orchestru a . Přes dvacet let spolupracoval se zpěvákem Frankem Sinatrou (1967–1988) a šest let rovněž působil v orchestru televizního pořadu The Tonight Show (1967–1973). V sedmdesátých letech byl členem souboru , se kterým vystupoval například v Bílém domě pro prezidenta Geralda Forda. (cs)
  • Santo „Sonny“ Russo (* 20. März 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 23. Februar 2013) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzposaunist. (de)
  • Santo J. "Sonny" Russo (March 20, 1929 – February 23, 2013) was an American jazz trombonist. Russo grew up in a musical family; both his father and grandfather were professional horn players. He first played piano and violin, and played with his father's group at age 15. He had a long list of associations with noted jazz musicians; he started out with Buddy Morrow in 1947, and then played with Lee Castle (1948), Sam Donahue (1949), Artie Shaw (1949–50), Art Mooney (1950), Tito Puente, Jerry Wald, Tommy Tucker, Buddy Rich, Ralph Flanagan (1951–52), the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1953–55), Neal Hefti (1954–55), John LaPorta (1954-1957) where Russo played alto saxophone, Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey (1955–56), and Maynard Ferguson (1956). Starting in the mid-1950s Russo found work in the bands of various Broadway shows. In the late 1950s and 1960s he worked with Louie Bellson (1957), Celia Cruz-Tito Puente (1966) where he played trumpet, Machito, Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, and Doc Severinsen (1967). From 1969 to 1972 he was a member of The Tonight Show orchestra, and he worked with Frank Sinatra from 1967 to 1988. He also played on Urbie Green's and solos on many others including Maynard Ferguson, Sauter Finnegan, Artie Shaw, Neil Hefti, and the World's Greatest Jazz Band in the 1970s. While touring with The World's Greatest Jazz Band Russo was invited to the White House to play for President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. He played trumpet again on an RCA Victor 1970-1979 various artists set. Russo recorded extensively with singers; in addition to Sinatra, he played behind Jimmy Rushing, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Perry Como, Dinah Washington, Liza Minnelli, Elvis Presley, Paul Anka, Ray Charles, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gorme. Sonny also performs on the soundtracks to the films The Godfather, The Godfather II, Goodfellas, and Sophie's Choice. In 1971 during a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson with Louis Armstrong as one of the guests, Russo shared the stage with Louis in which he played the solo on the tune "Someday You'll Be Sorry". Sonny was a fixture in the recording studios for radio and television. while Jerry Lewis was doing the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon in New York City, Russo was a regular in the Orchestra always in demand he later worked with Lewis while Lewis performed his one-man show in Upstate New York. While touring around the world with Frank Sinatra during their performance and filming of Concert of the Americas, Sonny played the trombone solo on the tune "I've Got You Under My Skin and was announced by Sinatra during the performance. He has also done many Jazz gigs with the likes of Al Cohn, Zoot Simms, Mousey Alexander, and Milt Hinton. Sonny was a graduate from the Manhattan School of Music . (en)
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  • سوني روسو (بالإنجليزية: Sonny Russo)‏ هو عازف جاز أمريكي، ولد في 20 مارس 1929 في نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 23 فبراير 2013. (ar)
  • Sonny Russo (20. března 1929 – 23. února 2013) byl americký jazzový pozounista. Pocházel z hudební rodiny a již od dětství hrál na housle a klavír. Svou kariéru zahájil ve věku patnácti let v kapele svého otce. Roku 1947 začal hrát ve skupině pozounisty a později působil v orchestru a . Přes dvacet let spolupracoval se zpěvákem Frankem Sinatrou (1967–1988) a šest let rovněž působil v orchestru televizního pořadu The Tonight Show (1967–1973). V sedmdesátých letech byl členem souboru , se kterým vystupoval například v Bílém domě pro prezidenta Geralda Forda. (cs)
  • Santo „Sonny“ Russo (* 20. März 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 23. Februar 2013) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzposaunist. (de)
  • Santo J. "Sonny" Russo (March 20, 1929 – February 23, 2013) was an American jazz trombonist. Russo grew up in a musical family; both his father and grandfather were professional horn players. He first played piano and violin, and played with his father's group at age 15. He had a long list of associations with noted jazz musicians; he started out with Buddy Morrow in 1947, and then played with Lee Castle (1948), Sam Donahue (1949), Artie Shaw (1949–50), Art Mooney (1950), Tito Puente, Jerry Wald, Tommy Tucker, Buddy Rich, Ralph Flanagan (1951–52), the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1953–55), Neal Hefti (1954–55), John LaPorta (1954-1957) where Russo played alto saxophone, Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey (1955–56), and Maynard Ferguson (1956). Starting in the mid-1950s Russo found work in the band (en)
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  • Sonny Russo (cs)
  • Sonny Russo (de)
  • Sonny Russo (en)
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