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Doc: Sal Mosca (Un-Sung)

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Sal Mosca
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 his final recordings.

Here's Part 1...



And here's Part 2...

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This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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