Bundled off to a series of boarding schools after his father's death in 1937, Johnny Mandel threw himself into jazz and the trumpet. Transfixed by the radio and the excitement of live big band remotes from hotel ballrooms, Johnny soon began trying to write arrangements. Listening intently to different bands, Johnny decided to devote himself to writing t…
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