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American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
- William James Finegan (April 3, 1917 – June 4, 2008) was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. He was an arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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William James Finegan (April 3, 1917 [1] – June 4, 2008) [2] was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. He was an arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Jun 8, 2008 · Bill Finegan, who arranged hits for Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey and then formed a big band with Eddie Sauter, another legendary arranger, that was famed for skill, daring and very, very odd...
Bill Finegan was probably the finest ever arranger in the popular music field and was snapped up to work for two of the richest bandleaders, Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey.
Jun 9, 2008 · Bill Finegan, an architect of the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller who later traded in commercial success to co-create the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which produced music...
Nov 10, 2017 · Rather, it is a look back at the musical heritage that master swing era (and later) arranger Bill Finegan has left us. William James Finegan (1917-2008), lived a long and musically productive life.Indeed, he was writing music professionally for over seventy years.
Apr 13, 2020 · Bill Finegan turned to academic, and for a time taught jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. In 1986, he led a well-received Sauter-Finegan reunion concert at New York's Town Hall.
Jul 5, 2008 · Bill Finegan. Arranger; Born April 3, 1917; Died June 4, 2008 Bill Finegan, who has died at the age of 91, was the co-founder of the famous Sauter-Finegan band of the 1950s.
