Sal Mosca
Sal Mosca (April 27, 1927 – July 28, 2007) was an American jazz pianist who was a student of Lennie Tristano. Born in Mount Vernon, New York, 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.[1] Mosca began lessons with Tristano in 1947 and remained his student for 8 years.[2] Though he would ultimately become one of Tristano's most accomplished students, Mosca said he was a slow learner and that it often took months for him to learn assignments given by Tristano.[3] Early on in his career, Mosca was stylistically dependent on Tristano, so much so that Mosca was often mistaken for Tristano on early recordings.[4] Mosca did eventually develop his own voice and according to fellow Tristano disciple Lee Konitz became "the most interesting pianist after Tristano, very much a spontaneous player."[5] He began working with Konitz in 1949 and also worked with Warne Marsh. He spent much of his career teaching and was relatively inactive since 1992, but new CDs were released in 2004, 2005, and 2008. See SalMosca.com for a full discography.
He died in White Plains, New York.
Discography
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- Sal Mosca and Peter Ind At the Den (Wave, 1969) with Peter Ind
- Solos and Duets (Wave, 1969) with Peter Ind
- Sal Mosca Music (Interplay Records, 1977)
- For You (Choice Records, 1979)
- A Concert (Jazz Records, 1990)
- Thing-Ah-Majig (Zinnia Records, 2005)
- Its The Talk Of Town (Sunnyside Communications, 2015)
- A Work Of Art (Zinnia Records, 2015) with Alexa Fila
- Sal Mosca in Antwerp - Trickle (Zinnia Records, 2015)
With Lee Konitz
- Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1955)
- Inside Hi-Fi (Atlantic, 1956)
- Very Cool (Verve, 1957)
- Spirits (Milestone, 1971)
With Warne Marsh
- How Deep/How High (Interplay Records, 1980)
- Sal Mosca, Warne Marsh Quartet Volume 1 (Zinnia, 1992)
- Sal Mosca, Warne Marsh Quartet Volume 2 (Zinnia, 1992)
References
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- Hamilton, Andy and Konitz, Lee (2007), Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 0472032178. A series of interviews between the author and Lee Konitz as well as biographical information on Konitz provided by the author.
- Shim, Eunmi (2009), Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 0472113461. A biography of Tristano and discussion of his teaching method.
External links
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- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- American jazz pianists
- American people of Italian descent
- American jazz musicians
- Cool jazz pianists
- Musicians from New York
- New York College of Music alumni
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century pianists
