Originally from Portland, Maine, Vacchiano studied trumpet at age 12.
For five years (1930–1935), he studied under Max Schlossberg at the latter's studio in The Bronx.
His students included Wynton Marsalis, Philip Smith, Charles Schlueter, Gerard Schwarz, Manny Laureano, and Miles Davis.
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