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You Go to My Head
By Sal Mosca
Label: Blue Jack Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: Somebody Loves Me; You Go to My Head; Scrapple from the Apple; Sub Conscious-Lee; Nice Work If You Can Get It; I Can't Get Started; How High the Moon; Groovin' High; Background Music.
Sal Mosca Quartet: You Go to My Head
by Stuart Broomer
Along with the saxophonists Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh and guitarist Billy Bauer, pianist Sal Mosca was among the first wave of musicians to construct a personal style within the school of Lennie Tristano--in general a simultaneous commitment to the velocity of bop, the smoothly liquid lines of Lester Young and a linear exploration of harmony ...
Thing-Ah-Majig
By Sal Mosca
Label: Zinnia Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You;
Nowhere;
I'll Remember April;
I Can't Get Started With You;
How High The Moon;
If I Had You.
Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig
by Brandt Reiter
Often referred to as Lennie Tristano's prime pupil, 78-year-old Sal Mosca has spent the greater part of the last half-century teaching rather than performing or recording, so any new disc by the low-profile pianist is immediately something of an event. Thing-Ah-Majig, recorded in 2004 and especially noteworthy as Mosca's first trio recording since 1959, does not ...
Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig
by Derek Taylor
School spirit can sometimes be a liability in jazz, a genre where individuality remains a paramount attribute. Critics lumped drummer Shelly Manne in with the Cool clique early on, even though his flexibility in taste and technique embraced a host of styles from swing to hard bop to early free. Similarly, allegiance to one's mentors, while ...
Sal Mosca
by Elliott Simon
At the age of 12, pianist Sal Mosca was sitting on the curb on a hot summer day with some friends. He felt a cool breeze come at him and his next thought was that he wanted to take piano lessons. He acted on that impulse and began a journey that has thus far spanned seven ...
