Les Elgart [SEP] place of death
Les Elgart
Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995, Dallas, Texas) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter.
Career.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Elgart grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey with his brother Larry. Both brothers attended Pompton Lakes High School.
He began playing trumpet as a teenager and was playing professionally by the age of twenty. During the 1940s he was a member of bands led by Raymond Scott, Charlie Spivak, and Harry
"New Sounds At the Roosevelt," was nominated that year for a Grammy Award. From 1960-62, he released music on MGM Records. Larry and Les reunited in 1963 and recorded several more albums, ending with 1967's "Wonderful World of Today's Hits," after which they went their separate ways. Les moved to Texas and performed with The Les Elgart Orchestra until his death in 1995.
Larry's biggest exposure came in 1982, with the smash success of a recording titled "Hooked on Swing