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Sal Mosca and the Larry Bluth Trio
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in 2020, bassist and long-time e-pal Don Messina emailed me about a couple of tapes in his possession that hadn't been released. One was by the Larry Bluth Trio from 2001. The other was a collection of solo recordings by Sal Mosca in 1970 and 1997. My ears went up upon hearing about both tapes. What the two had in common was Lennie Tristano. Bluth and Mosca were both students of Tristano, a blind New York pianist who in ...
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Doc: Sal Mosca (Un-Sung)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For years, cool-school pianist Sal Mosca labored as a student of Lennie Tristano, recording only sporadically. He avoided touring with top stars as their accompanist to be with his family and to teach his students. Before Mosca died in 2007, James M. Lester was able to make this wonderful short documentary—Sal Mosca (Un- Sung): To read my last post on Sal Mosca, go here. A special thanks to Don Messina, an extraordinary bassist who played behind Mosca on several of ...
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Sal Mosca: Holland, June 1981
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the most important collections of Sal Mosca's piano work has just hit the market. The five-CD package—Sal Mosca: Too Marvelous for Words (Cadence)—includes 56 tracks of the the pianist performing on tour in the Netherlands in June 1981. The material features five solo concerts by Mosca between June 19 and June 24 and gives us an opportunity to hear him at his finest. For those not in the know, Mosca was probably the purest exponent of the Lennie ...
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Sal Mosca: Holland, 1992
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Out today is a superb two-CD set of previously unreleased live solo recordings by pianist Sal Mosca at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam on November 14, 1992. The recordings on Sal Mosca: The Talk of the Town (Sunnyside) come from the Mosca estate, and the sound is superb. The two CDs feature all jazz standards, like Ghost of a Chance, Donna Lee, Topsy, Cherokee, Love for Sale and much more. There also are five medleys of standards. Melodies aren't buried or ...
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Sal Mosca, Noted Jazz Pianist/Mentor, to Celebrate 77th Birthday with Rare Concerts
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All About Jazz
Legendary jazz pianist and teacher Sal Mosca will celebrate his 77th birthday by giving two rare concerts, his first public performances in over ten years. Plagued by illness and personal loss, Mosca has been a virtual recluse for the last decade, but for over 50 years prior to that he was an influential performer and a mentor to innumerable aspiring jazz musicians. A native and long-time resident of Mt. Vernon, NY, Mosca played jazz in local clubs as a teenager ...
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