Boots Mussulli
Henry "Boots" Mussulli (born November 18, 1917 in Milford , † September 23, 1967 in Norfolk , Massachusetts ) was an American jazz musician ( alto , baritone saxophone and clarinet ), composer and music teacher .
Live and act
Mussulli began playing the clarinet when he was twelve. Around 1940 he worked for Mal Hallett in Massachusetts and was a member of Teddy Powell's band in 1943/44 . From 1944 to 1947 he was in addition to Art Pepper , Bud Shank and Lennie Niehaus alto saxophonist in the big band of Stan Kenton ( Artistry In Rhythm ), heard as a soloist a. a. in The Man I Love . In 1949 he moved to Charlie Ventura's Bop for The People Septet, in which he participated in recordings. He returned to Kenton for tours in 1952 and 1954. In the 1950s he also recorded some singles ( Diga Diga Doo / Lullaby in Rhythm ) and albums under his own name; he also worked with Vido Musso , Gene Krupa (1948), Serge Chaloff , Toshiko Akiyoshi (1955) and Herb Pomeroy ( Life Is a Many Splendored Gig , 1957). From the mid-1950s he concentrated increasingly on working as a music teacher; he led a local youth orchestra, the Milford Youth Band , with whom he performed at the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival . Only a few months later he succumbed to cancer. In 2004 he was posthumously inducted into the New England Jazz Hall of Fame .
One of his most famous students was Charlie Mariano .
Discography
- Boots Mussulli Quartet ( Capitol Records , 1954)
- Serge Chaloff and Boots Mussulli (10-inch LP, Storyville Records , 1954) with Russ Freeman , Jimmy Woode , Buzzy Drootin
- Kenton Presents Jazz: Boots Mussulli (Capitol, 1954)
Web links
- Marc Myers: Boots Mussulli: Mable's Fable (2012) in All About Jazz
- Boots Mussilli at Allmusic (English)
- Boots Mussulli at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Discographic reference at 45cat.com
- ↑ Note on iTunes
- ↑ New England Jazz Hall of Fame 2004 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The album was released in 1981 by Affinity under the title Little Man
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mussulli, boots |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mussulli, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (alto, baritone saxophone and clarinet), composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milford, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1967 |
| Place of death | Norfolk , Massachusetts |