Sal Salvador

Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999),^[1] whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia,^[2] was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.

He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States,^[3] and began his professional career in New York City.^[3] He eventually moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He taught guitar at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut as well as at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut.^[1] He wrote several instruction books for beginning to advanced guitarists.^[1]

In addition to recordings with Stan Kenton and with his own groups,^[3] Salvador can be heard in the film Blackboard Jungle, during a scene in a bar where a recording on which he is featured is played on the jukebox. He is also featured playing with Sonny Stitt in the film, Jazz on a Summer's Day, at the Newport Jazz Festival.

He died in September 1999, following a fight with cancer, at the age of 73.^[1]

With Stan Kenton

• Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
• Sketches on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
• This Modern World (Capitol, 1953)
• Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
• The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, [1955])

• Classic Jazz Guitar
• Sal Salvador Orchestra collection, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries

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