Sal Mosca
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Sal Mosca (left) in 1983
Salvatore Joseph Mosca[1] (April 27, 1927[1] – July 28, 2007)[2] was an American jazz pianist who was a student of Lennie Tristano.[1]
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, United States,[1] Mosca worked in cool jazz and post-bop. After playing in the United States Army Band during World War II, he studied at the New York College of Music using funds provided by the G.I. Bill.[3] He began working with Lee Konitz in 1949, and also worked with Warne Marsh.[1] He spent much of his career teaching and was relatively inactive after 1992, but new CDs were released in 2004, 2005, and 2008.
He died from emphysema in White Plains, New York, at the age of 80.[2]
Discography[]
As leader/co-leader[]
- Music (Interplay, 1977)
- How Deep, How High (Interplay, 1976/79 [1980]) with Warne Marsh
- A Concert (Jazz, 1979)[4]
- Sal Mosca/Warne Marsh Quartet Volumes 1 & 2 (Zinnia, 1981)[4]
- Thing-Ah-Majig (Zinnia, 2004)[4]
As sideman[]
With Lee Konitz
- Subconscious-Lee (Prestige, 1950)
- The New Sounds (Prestige, 1951) with Miles Davis
- Inside Hi-Fi (Atlantic, 1956)
- Very Cool (Verve, 1957)
- Spirits (Milestone, 1971)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Sal Mosca". The Guardian. 8 August 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Jason Anken. "Sal Mosca". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1046. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- American jazz pianists
- American male pianists
- American people of Italian descent
- American jazz musicians
- Cool jazz pianists
- New York College of Music alumni
- Musicians from Mount Vernon, New York
- 20th-century American pianists
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- Sunnyside Records artists