Frank Pullara

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Salvatore Frank Pullara (* around 1937 ; † February 12, 2019 ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass , arrangement , composition ).

Live and act

Pullara grew up in Rochester, New York ; He first learned the clarinet and began performing in professional bands at the age of twelve. He also played guitar, piano and double bass, which became his main instrument. At a young age he worked in Las Vegas to join Kai Winding's jazz band . The first recordings were made in New York in 1961 with the Mangione Brothers ( Spring Fever ). From the early 1960s he worked as a musician, composer and arranger for Sal Nistico ( Heavyweights , 1961), Joe Romano , Kathy Dodge , Barry Kiener , Dave Mancini , Jeff Tyzik and Steve Gadd .

Pullara wrote "Not Too Serious" for Chuck Mangione; his other compositions include "Foloio 1" and "Giving the Business". In the field of jazz he was involved in four recording sessions between 1961 and 2000. In his later years he continued to be active in the Rochester jazz scene; so he played around 2015 with Bill Dobbins and Mike Melito .

Discographic notes

  • Barry Kiener : Live at Strathallan (1982)
  • Chuck Mangione: The Boys from Rochester (1989), with Joe Romano, Gap Mangione , Steve Gadd
  • Denis DiBlasio / Dave Mancini: Salt Peanuts (2000), with Biff Hannon

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Salvatore Frank Pullara obituary. Democrat and chronicle, February 14, 2019, accessed February 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ Frank A. Salamone: The Culture of Jazz: Jazz as Critical Culture : Lanham u. a .: University Press of America, 2009.
  3. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1963
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Edited by the Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1962
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 16, 2019)
  6. ↑ As we slide toward nine days of jazz in June (Live jazz in ROC, June 11-17). Rochester Jazz, June 10, 2015, accessed February 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pullara, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pullara, Salvatore Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1937
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2019