Tony Pastor (October 26, 1907-October 31, 1969) was an Italian American

Italian American

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 novelty singer

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 and tenor saxophonist, who played tenor sax with John Cavallaro (1927), Irving Aaronson

Irving Aaronson

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 (1928-30), Austin Wylie

Austin Wylie

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 (1930), Smith Ballew

Smith Ballew

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 (1934), Joe Venuti, Paul Fredricks

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, Vincent Lopez

Vincent Lopez

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, and Artie Shaw

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's first (1936-37) and second (1937-39) orchestras. In November 1939 when Shaw walked off the bandstand in the Cafe Rouge

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 located inside the Hotel Pennsylvania

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(essentially quitting his own band), Pastor was soon coaxed into leading his own big band, which he did from 1939 to 1959.