John Carisi

{{Short description|American trumpeter and composer}} {{More footnotes needed|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = John Carisi |image = |landscape = yes |caption = |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = John E. Carisi |birth_date = February 23, 1922 |birth_place = [[Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1992|10|3|1922|2|23}} |death_place = [[New York City|New York]], New York |instrument = [[Trumpet]] |genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]}} |occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer|arranger}} |years_active = 1938–1992 |label = {{hlist|[[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]|[[ABC-Paramount]], [[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}} |website = }}

'''John E. Carisi''' (February 23, 1922 – October 3, 1992)<ref name="Obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-johnny-carisi-1556934.html |title=Obituary: Johnny Carisi |date=22 October 2011 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> was an American [[trumpet]]er and [[composer]].

==Early life and career== Carisi was born in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey on February 22, 1922,<ref name="LarkinGE">Larkin, Colin (1992). ''[https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop0001unse_u1w4/page/414/mode/2up?q=carisi The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]''. Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing. pp. 414–415. {{ISBN|1-882267-01-X}}.</ref> the youngest of three children born to John G. and Philomena Carisi.<ref>"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMG1-TSS : accessed 18 November 2022), John G Carisi, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet, line, family, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll; FHL microfilm.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQPQ-9ZK : 15 December 2019), John Carisi in household of John Carisi, Assembly District 4, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-1034, sheet 61A, line 5, family 8, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2739.</ref> Raised in [[Jamaica, Queens]], Carisi attended [[Jamaica High School (New York City)|Jamaica High School]],<ref name="NDobit">{{Cite news|title=John Carisi, Trumpeter, Composer |author=Mangaliman, Jessie |date=October 20, 1992 |work=Newsday |pages=112|quote=Mr. Carisi, 70, died Oct. 3. of complications following open heart surgery in March. He did not regain consciousness. He grew up in Jamaica, Queens and graduated from Jamaica High School. He started his musical career in 1939 with a band led by Carl Hoff, and went on to play with the Glenn Miller Air Force Band during World War II. He was associated with contemporary jazz pioneers such as Gil Evans, Dave Lambert, Gerry Mulligan and the young modernists at Minton's in Harlem.|id={{ProQuest|278551923}}}}</ref> where he taught himself trumpet while playing in dance bands in 1937.<ref name="TNJSoSB">Macero, Teo (1960). Liner notes, ''The New Jazz Sound of SHOW BOAT''. via the [[Internet Archive]].</ref>

Early in his career, Carisi was a member of [[Herbie Fields]]'s Orchestra (1938–1943) and [[Glenn Miller]]'s Army Air Force Band.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> After the war he worked with [[Ray McKinley]], [[Claude Thornhill]], [[Charlie Barnet]], [[Urbie Green]], and [[Benny Goodman]], among others and studied with acclaimed composer [[Stefan Wolpe]].

His [[minor key|minor]]-[[blues]] composition "[[Israel (composition)|Israel]]" was quickly recognized as a unique jazz classic, after it was recorded by [[Miles Davis]] at the sessions which later became known as the ''[[Birth of the Cool]]''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Other notable versions have been recorded by [[Bill Evans]], and the [[Gerry Mulligan]] Concert Jazz Band. Another well known Carisi piece, "Springsville", was recorded by Miles Davis, as arranged by Gil Evans on the album ''[[Miles Ahead (album)|Miles Ahead]]''.

In 1957, he arranged the music for Urbie Green's album, ''All About Urbie Green''. He shared an album with [[Cecil Taylor]] that was released as ''[[Into the Hot (Gil Evans album)|Into the Hot]]'' under [[Gil Evans]]' name for [[Impulse!]] in 1961, and arranged [[Marvin Stamm]]'s 1968 album ''Machinations''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Carisi also taught, at [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]] and later at [[Manhattan School of Music]].<ref>McClellan, Lawrence (2004). ''[https://archive.org/details/laterswingera1940000mccl/page/176/mode/2up?q=%22carisi%2C+john%22 The Later Swing Era, 1942-1955]''. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 176. {{ISBN|0313301573}}.</ref>

On October 3, 1992, at the age of 70, Carisi died in [[New York City|New York]] as a result of complications stemming from open heart surgery undergone in February of that year.<ref name="NDobit"/>

==Selected discography== * [[Urbie Green]]: ''[[All About Urbie Green and His Big Band]]'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956) * Miles Davis & Gil Evans Orchestra: ''[[Miles Ahead (album)|Miles Ahead]]'' (Columbia, 1957) * Gil Evans: ''[[Gil Evans & Ten]]'' (Prestige, 1957) * John Carisi: ''The New Jazz Sound of Showboat'' (Columbia, 1960) * Gil Evans: ''[[Into the Hot (Gil Evans album)|Into the Hot]]'' (Impulse! Records; 1961) * Marvin Stamm: ''Machinations'' (Verve, 1968) * John Carisi, [[Eddie Sauter]], [[Christian Wolff (composer)|Christian Wolff]], Stefan Wolpe: ''Counterpoise'' (hat(now)ART; 2000)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Literature== * Hentoff, Nat: ''Liner Notes'' to ''Into The Hot'' (Impulse!, 1961) * Morton, Richard & Cook, Brian: ''The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD'', Second Edition, 1994 & Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 {{ISBN|0-14-051521-6}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|4460752}} *[http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=6866 Verve on Carisi] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080110212302/http://grace.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/music/wolpe/wolpe/John_Carisi.html Relationship to Wolpe] *[http://www.nysun.com/article/65433 New York Sun (2007)]

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