Real name: William DeArango

Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1973

American jazz guitarist, born September 20, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, died December 26, 2005 in Cleveland, Ohio.
De Arango played dixieland and Chicago jazz with bands in Chicago 1939-1942; moved to New York in 1944 to play with Ben Webster. He recorded with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1945 and with Ike Quebec. He retired from jazz in 1948, but recorded as leader in 1954. He became the manager of rock group Henry Tree and in 1970 recorded anonymously with it.