Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: README.NEW.YEAR cpyrt-trailer fixup latimes latimes.bak postem posts sed.author sed.desk sed.headline testit tmp1 Nuncio F. (Toots) Mondello; Sax Player With Benny Goodman Band Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 06:36:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: README.NEW.YEAR cpyrt-trailer fixup latimes latimes.bak postem posts sed.author sed.desk sed.headline testit tmp1 Nuncio F. (Toots) Mondello; Sax Player With Benny Goodman Band Publication Date: Thursday November 19, 1992 BYLINE: Nuncio F. (Toots) Mondello, 81, a saxophonist with many of the Big Bands during their glory years. Mondello was the principal alto sax soloist for Benny Goodman when Goodman's "Let's Dance" series was broadcast on national radio in the 1930s. His other band affiliations were with Buddy Rogers and Joy Haymes, among others. He also played in the house bands for the Ed Sullivan, Kate Smith and Milton Berle TV shows of the 1950s and 1960s. Mondello developed an interest in classical music and wrote vocal, chamber and orchestral works. In New York City on Sunday of cancer. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM