Sal Salvador

American jazz guitarist and music educator

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]

## Discography

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Year recorded  | Title  | Label  | Notes

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1953  | Sal Salvador Quintet | Blue Note  | With Frank Socolow (tenor saxophone), Johnny Williams (piano), Kenny O'Brien (bass), Jimmy Campbell (drums)
1954  | Kenton Presents Jazz – Sal Salvador | Capitol  | With Eddie Costa (p, vib), Jimmy Campbell (d)
1956  | Frivolous Sal | Bethlehem  | With Eddie Costa (p, vib), George Roumanias (b), Jimmy Campbell (d)
1956-57  | Shades of Sal Salvador | Bethlehem  | Septet
1957  | A Tribute to the Greats | Bethlehem  | With Eddie Costa (p, vib), Sonny Dallas (b), Ronnie Free (d)
1958  | Colors in Sound | Decca  | Quartet with Brass
1959  | The Beat For This Generation | Decca  | Big Band
1963  | You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet! | Dauntless  | Big Band
1963  | Music to Stop Smoking By | Roulette  | Quartet
1978  | Starfingers | Beehive | Sextet
1978  | Juicy Lucy | Bee Hive  | Quartet
1978  | Parallelogram | GP  | Quartet
1983  | In Our Own Sweet Way | Stash Records  | Quintet
1989  | Crystal Image | Stash Records  | With Mike Giordano (g), Barbara Sfraga (v), Phil Bowler (b), Greg Burrows (d, synth), Unknown (perc/vocal effects), Teo Macero (prod, arr, synth)

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])

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Jazz Guitar Online News: Sal Salvador Dead at 74". Jazzguitar.com. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
2. ^ Ratliff, Ben (1999-10-02). "Sal Salvador, 73, Teacher, Be-Bop Guitarist and Kenton Protege". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
3. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2180\. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

## External links

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

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