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Ron Di Salvio
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946, Ron began his musical journey at age eleven studying accordion with Alexander Matos. At age sixteen, after hearing Dave Brubeck play live at Carnegie Hall, Ron discovered his passion for jazz piano. He studied improvisation with the legendary Lennie Tristano. A self taught composer, Ron formed a trio and played jazz clubs in New York’s Greenwich Village in the late sixties. During this period he performed with Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Enrico Rava, Renee McClean, Roland Kirk and Art Farmer. In 1970 Ron married and moved to the Michigan’s Upper Peninsular where he started a family and the Wintergreen Natural Foods business
Essence of Green
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Six Shades of Green; Crossing Lines; Green Pastures; Essence of Green; Primavera; Cobb's Throb; Miles Davis-Bill Evans Reunion in the Sky; Good Morning Santa Cruz; Arcadia; Wasabi.
Ron Di Salvio: Essence of Green
by Dan McClenaghan
Essence of Green is pianist/composer Ron Di Salvio's nod to the music created by Miles Davis and his sextet on the classic album, Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959). The sound that opens the album on Six Shades of Green" is unmistakable: that elastic, slow-loping rhythm from Davis' All Blues," with bassist Rodney Whitaker front-and-center here, backed ...
Crossing Lines
Album: Essence of Green: A Tribute To Kind Of Blue
By Ron Di Salvio
Label: Origin Records
Released: 0
Duration: 05:30