- Charlie Ventura was born on December 2, 1916 in Philadelphia, USA. He died on January 17, 1992 in Pleasantville, New Jersey, USA.
- Saxophonist with the Gene Krupa Orchestra who formed his own bebop-oriented big band in 1946, featuring arrangements by Neal Hefti. The band was short-lived, however, and Ventura eventually opened a jazz club in New Jersey, as well as fronting various orchestras in Atlantic City and a swinging quartet in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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