Dennis Sandole

Dennis Sandole (born September 29, 1913 in Philadelphia as Dennis Sandoli ; † October 29, 2000 ibid) was an American jazz guitarist , music teacher and composer who had a great influence as a teacher of numerous jazz musicians.

Sandole began self-taught playing the guitar as a child and performed in clubs in his hometown with his younger brother Adolph Sandole in the 1930s. He began his professional music career in the bands of Ray McKinley , Tommy Dorsey , Boyd Raeburn , Gene Krupa and Charlie Barnet . He later moved to California to work as a studio musician. He then took part in recordings and film soundtracks, including a. at Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra . Around 1945 he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked as a music teacher from the early 1950s; he was also the mentor of John Coltrane when he taught him music theory and the music of other cultures. His guitar students included Harry Leahey , Jim Hall , Pat Martino , Joe Diorio and Dale Bruning, who later became Bill Frisell's teacher . Musicians like James Moody , Michael Brecker , Sumi Tonooka , Cannonball Adderley , Art Farmer , Reggie Workman , Tommy Flanagan , George Benson , Matthew Shipp and Bobby Zankel also took lessons from Sandole. In 1981 he published the textbook Guitar Lore (Theodore Presser Company). He first recorded an album under his own name in 1956 ( Modern Music From Philadelphia ); In 1999, The Dennis Sandole Project was created for Cadence Jazz Records , which contained excerpts from his jazz ballet opera "Evenin 'Is Cryin'", which he had composed during the 1960s and 1970s.

Web links

• Dennis Sandole: Coltrane's Mentor Was Legendary Jazz Teacher - Obituary in The Scotsman
• Obituary in the New York Times
• nfo - birthdays September 29th