Gus Mancuso (jazz musician)
Ronald Bernard "Gus" Mancuso (* around 1930 in Rochester (New York) ) is an American jazz musician ( baritone horn , trombone , piano , also double bass , trumpet , vibraphone ).
Live and act
Mancuso started playing drums at the age of eleven before switching to the trombone. While doing his military service he plays the baritone horn in an army band. After his discharge from the Army, Cal Tjader became aware of the young musician and placed him with the record label Fantasy Records in San Francisco. Tjader then arranged Mancuso's first recording session, during which the 1956 album Introducing Gus Mancuso was recorded. Mancuso only recorded one other album under his own name, Music for New Faces (with Joe Romano , Pete Jolly , Red Mitchell , Buddy Greve ), which was also created for Fantasy in 1958. Mancuso has also worked as a pianist and bassist with the Tommy Vig Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan , Billy Eckstine , Quincy Jones and Carl Fontana . In later years he worked as a music educator and lived in Las Vegas, where he performed.
Discographic notes
- Introducing Gus Mancuso (Fantasy, 1956), with Gerald Wiggins , Eugene Wright , Bill Douglass or Richie Kamuca , Vince Guaraldi , Cal Tjader, Eddie Duran
Web links
- Gus Mancuso at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Myers: Gus Mancuso: Baritone Horn. Jazzwax, November 19, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Naje Educator: Official Magazine of the National Association of Jazz Educators, Volume 12 Cover The Association, 1979
- ^ Mourning 'a darling man'. Las Vegas Sun, March 6, 2006, accessed November 19, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mancuso, Gus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mancuso, Ronald Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester (New York) |