Sal Mosca

[[File:WarneMarshQuartet1982.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Sal Mosca (left) in 1983]] '''Salvatore Joseph Mosca'''<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=295}}</ref> (April 27, 1927<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> – July 28, 2007)<ref name="Obit">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/09/guardianobituaries.usa1|title=Obituary: Sal Mosca|date=8 August 2007|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> was an American jazz pianist who was a student of [[Lennie Tristano]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/>

Mosca was born in [[Mount Vernon, New York]], United States,<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> to [[Italian Americans|Italian American]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andyhamilton.org/single-post/2010/12/02/sal-mosca-interview|title = Sal Mosca - Interview|date = 2 December 2010}}</ref> He worked in [[cool jazz]] and [[post-bop]]. After playing in the [[United States Army Band]] during [[World War II]], he studied at the [[New York College of Music]] using funds provided by the [[G.I. Bill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sal-mosca-mn0000831316/biography|title=Sal Mosca|author=Jason Anken|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> He began working with [[Lee Konitz]] in 1949, and also worked with [[Warne Marsh]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He spent much of his career teaching and was relatively inactive after 1992, but new CDs were released in 2004, 2005, and 2008.

He died from [[emphysema]] in [[White Plains, New York]], at the age of 80.<ref name="Obit"/>

==Discography== ===As leader/co-leader=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="text-align:center;"|Year recorded !Year released !Title !Label !Notes |- |1955–59 |1969? |''Sal Mosca on Piano'' |Wave |Most tracks solo piano; some tracks duo, with [[Peter Ind]] (bass)<ref>{{cite web |last=Olewnick |first=Brian |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sal-mosca-on-the-piano-mw0001232056 |title=Sal Mosca on the Piano: Sal Mosca |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |last=Ind |first=Peter |others=Sal Mosca |year=1969 |title=Sal Mosca on Piano |publisher=Wave Records |type=LP liner notes |id=LP 8}}</ref> |- |1959 |1969? |''At The Den'' |Wave |Duo, co-led with [[Peter Ind]] (bass); in concert<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |last=Ind |first=Peter |others=Sal Mosca |year=1969 |title=At The Den |publisher=Wave Records |type=LP liner notes |id=LP 4}}</ref> |- |1970–97 |2022 |''For Lennie Tristano'' |[[Fresh Sound]] |Solo piano |- |1977 | |''Music'' |[[Interplay Records|Interplay]] |Solo piano<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |last=Messina |first=Don |others=Sal Mosca |year=2021 |title=For Lennie Tristano |publisher=[[Fresh Sound]] |type=CD liner notes |id=FSR-CD 5067}}</ref> |- |1976–79 |1980 |''[[How Deep, How High]]'' |[[Interplay Records|Interplay]] |Most tracks duo, with [[Warne Marsh]] (tenor sax); some tracks quartet in concert, with [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums) added |- |1979 | |''For You'' |Choice |Solo piano |- |1979 | |''A Concert'' |Jazz |Solo piano; in concert<ref name="Penguin9">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1046 }}</ref> |- |1981 |2015 |''Too Marvelous for Words'' |[[Cadence Jazz Records|Cadence Jazz]] |Solo piano; in concert<ref>{{cite web |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Sal Mosca: Holland, June 1981 |url=https://jazz.fm/sal-mosca-holland-june-1981/ |website=[[CJRT-FM|JAZZ.FM91]] |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |1981 | |''Sal Mosca/Warne Marsh Quartet Volume 1'' |Zinnia |Quartet, with [[Warne Marsh]] (tenor sax), Frank Canino (bass), Skip Scott (drums); in concert<ref name="Penguin9" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Dupont |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sal-mosca-warne-marsh-quartet-vol-1-mw0000030284/credits |title=Sal Mosca & Warne Marsh Quartet, Vol. 1: Sal Mosca |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |1981 | |''Sal Mosca/Warne Marsh Quartet Volume 2'' |Zinnia |One track solo piano; one track duo, with [[Warne Marsh]] (tenor sax); most tracks quartet, with Frank Canino (bass), Skip Scott (drums) added; in concert<ref name="Penguin9" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Dupont |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/warne-marsh-sal-mosca-quartet-vol-2-mw0000029782 |title=Sal Mosca & Warne Marsh Quartet, Vol. 2: Sal Mosca |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |1991 |2004? |''Recital in Valhalla'' |Zinnia |Solo piano; in concert<ref>{{cite news |last=Staudter |first=Thomas |date=December 26, 2004 |title=From County Pianists, Standards and Originals |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=WE6 }}</ref> |- |1992 | |''Trickle'' |Zinnia |Solo piano; in concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Zinnia Records Complete Catalogue (2006) |url=https://salmosca.com/zinnia_records.htm |website=salmosca.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |1992 |2015 |''The Talk of the Town'' |[[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]] |Solo piano; in concert<ref>{{cite web |last=Myers |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Myers |date=May 14, 2015 |title=Sal Mosca: Holland, 1992 |url=https://www.jazzwax.com/2015/05/sal-mosca-holland-1992.html |website=jazzwax.com |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Sal Mosca: The Talk of the Town |url=https://sunnysiderecords.com/site/release_detail?id=778 |website=Sunnyside Records |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |2004 |2008 |''You Go to My Head'' |Blue Jack Jazz |Quartet, with Jimmy Halperin (tenor sax), Don Messina (bass), Bill Chattin (drums)<ref>{{cite web |last=Broomer |first=Stuart |date=July 12, 2008 |title=Sal Mosca Quartet: You Go to My Head |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/you-go-to-my-head-sal-mosca-blue-jack-jazz-review-by-stuart-broomer |website=[[All About Jazz]] |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |2004 |2005 |''Thing-Ah-Majig'' |Zinnia |Trio, with Don Messina (bass), Bill Chattin (drums)<ref name="Penguin9" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Reiter |first=Brandt |date=August 23, 2005 |title=Sal Mosca: Thing-Ah-Majig |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/thing-ah-majig-sal-mosca-zinnia-records-2-review-by-brandt-reiter |website=All About Jazz |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref> |}

===As sideman=== '''With [[Lee Konitz]]''' *''[[Subconscious-Lee]]'' (Prestige, 1950) *''[[Conception (album)|The New Sounds]]'' (Prestige, 1951) with [[Miles Davis]] *''[[Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh]]'' (Atlantic LP 1217, 1956) *''[[Inside Hi-Fi]]'' (Atlantic, 1956) *''[[Very Cool]]'' (Verve, 1957) *''[[Spirits (Lee Konitz album)|Spirits]]'' (Milestone, 1971)

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==External links== *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p9253/biography|pure_url=yes}} All Music] *[http://www.salmosca.com/ Official website] *[http://salmosca.com/discography.htm Discography]

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