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- Birth nameEdward Ernest Sauter
- 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".
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- Became an orchestrator of Broadway musicals, many of which he created the arrangements for between 1960 and 1983.
- In 2003 he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.
- His television composing includes the third season theme to Rod Serling's Night Gallery.
- Eddie Sauter studied music at Columbia University and the Juilliard School.
- Although Sauter is best known for jazz, he also orchestrated Broadway musicals such as 1776, The Apple Tree, and It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman.
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