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Take Five With Libby Richman

Read "Take Five With Libby Richman" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Libby Richman: Composer, reed player Libby Richman leads an ensemble that plays original contemporary jazz. Her sound echoes the influences of Classical, Latin, and Pop music. She is a Meet the Composer grant recipient. Open Strings, released in February, is her third CD. She has traveled widely as a professional musician, leading ...

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You Go to My Head

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.

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Sal Mosca Quartet

Label: Blue Jack Jazz
Released: 2008

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Article: Album Review

Sal Mosca Quartet: You Go to My Head

Read "You Go to My Head" reviewed 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 ...

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Thing-Ah-Majig

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.

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Thing - Ah - Majig

Label: Zinnia Records
Released: 2005

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Article: Album Review

Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig

Read "Thing-Ah-Majig" reviewed 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 ...

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Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig

Read "Thing-Ah-Majig" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Profile

Sal Mosca

Read "Sal Mosca" reviewed 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 ...

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A Concert

Label: Jazz Records
Released: 1990


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