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'Tutti' Camarata, the youngest of eight children, was born in Glen Ridge,
N.J., on May 11, 1913,  and studied at the Juilliard School. His talent was
immense, and success was extensive.

In the 30's he was lead trumpeter for the Jimmy Dorsey Band, and arranger
for a wide range of artists, including Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Ella
Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.

In the early 1940s, Camarata left Dorsey and was an arranger for Glen Gray
and the Casa Loma Orchestra and Goodman's band.

During World War II, he served as a flight instructor in the Army Air
Forces. After the war, he worked as musical director for Decca Records.

While living in London after the war, he co-founded London Records, with
Sir Edward Lewis, making classical and pop recordings.

He returned to the United States in 1950  moved to Southern California at
the urging of Walt Disney, to be a co-founder of  Disneyland Records to
release soundtracks for Disney movies.

Camarata then founded Sunset Sound Recorders in 1960 a commercial sound
studio. Camarata left Disney in 1972 to concentrate on other ventures. Over
the next decade, he orchestrated and conducted a series of albums for
London Records, focusing on the compositions of Bach, Tchaikovsky and
Rachmaninoff.
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SALVADOR 'TUTTI" CAMARATA 91; HAD DIVERSE MUSICAL CAREER

Los Angeles Times
By Jon Thurber
Times Staff Writer
April 18, 2005

Salvador "Tutti" Camarata, a musician, composer and arranger during the
big-band era, has died. He was 91.

Camarata, who was also a leading record industry figure, died Wednesday at
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after a short illness, said
his son, Paul.

In his diverse career, Camarata arranged music and played trumpet for a
wide range of artists, including Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Ella
Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.

While living in Britain, Camarata worked on films for producer J. Arthur
Rank, and while living in Los Angeles, he headed Disneyland Records, where
he supervised the recording of more than 300 albums featuring such Disney
stars as Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills.

He also started Sunset Sound Recorders, one of the leading recording
studios in Hollywood, which has been used by artists as diverse as Miles
Davis, Van Halen, Prince and the Rolling Stones.

The youngest of eight children, Camarata was born in Glen Ridge, N.J., on
May 11, 1913. He studied at the Juilliard School and Columbia University in
New York and found work as a trumpeter in studio bands.

In the early '30s, he worked as an arranger for saxophonist and bandleader
Charlie Barnet before joining the Dorsey band as lead trumpeter. He is
credited with arranging the Dorsey hits "Tangerine," "Green Eyes" and
"Yours." Dorsey gave him the nickname "Tutti."

In the early 1940s, Camarata left Dorsey and was an arranger for Glen Gray
and the Casa Loma Orchestra and Goodman's band.

During World War II, he served as a flight instructor in the Army Air
Forces. After the war, he worked as musical director for Decca Records. His
notable work there included string arrangements for some of Holiday's
recordings.

While living in London after the war, he formed the Kingston Symphony and
co-founded London Records, with Sir Edward Lewis, making classical and pop
recordings for U.S. distribution. London Records eventually became the home
to leading rock bands, including the Rolling Stones.

He returned to the United States in 1950 and did more work for Decca and
conducted the television orchestra for the broadcast of "Together With
Music" featuring Mary Martin and Noel Coward. He also conducted for singer
Vic Damone.

Camarata moved to Southern California at the urging of Walt Disney, who
wanted to start a record label in order to release soundtracks for his
movies. As a co-founder of Disneyland Records, Camarata is credited with
helping Funicello develop a distinctive and salable sound when some at
Disney wanted to dub her voice.

"Annette felt she couldn't sing," Camarata recalled some years ago. "So I
developed a way of recording her voice, creating an echo. The first time
she heard it, she was surprised and happy. She began to gain more
confidence as a vocalist."

Camarata had been renting facilities to record the Disney albums and wanted
to start his own studio on the Disney lot to control costs. He presented
the idea to Walt Disney in the late 1950s, but Disney wasn't interested.

Camarata found a location on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and opened
Sunset Sound Recorders in 1960. During the early years, the studio cranked
out recordings for a number of popular Disney films, including "101
Dalmatians."

Sunset Sound Recorders became a commercial sound studio in the early 1960s.
Camarata left Disney in 1972 to concentrate on other ventures. Over the
next decade, he orchestrated and conducted a series of albums for London
Records, focusing on the compositions of Bach, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

His album, "Tutti's Trumpets," recorded in 1957, is considered a classic
for trumpet composition, as is the later "Tutti's Trombones."

His wife of 67 years, Dorene, died last year at the age of 88. In addition
to his son, who runs Sunset Sound Recorders, Camarata is survived by a
granddaughter, Katelyn; and a brother, Kelly. Services are private.
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