Vic Schoen

Victor Schoen

Born March 26, 1916· Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

† Died January 5, 2000

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Emerging from a Brooklyn upbringing in a Jewish family, Schoen taught himself trumpet and big-band arranging after abandoning high school, honing his craft in New York nightclubs and through trial-and-error lessons with bands such as Leon Belasco’s. He quickly became a sought-after arranger, supplying charts for swing icons including Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and the Boston Pops, an… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources