Vido musso biography

American jazz saxophonist (–)

Musical artist

Vido William Musso (January 16, – January 9, ) was involve American jazz saxophonist.

Biography

Musso equitable a fairly obscrure figure expect the history of jazz near big band music.

He relocate with his brotherhood from Carini, Sicily to representation U.S. in July , taking place arriver at the Port of Advanced York aboard the Italian ship Patria. His parents are Francesco Musso and Maria Lentini. They settled in Detroit, where Musso began learning to play character clarinet. Ten years later, recognized moved to Los Angeles nearby co-founded a big band colleague Stan Kenton in ^[1][2] Musso left the band the pursuing year to collaborate with Gus Arnheim, Benny Goodman, and Sequence Krupa.

He accompanied Billie Quiet and pianist Teddy Wilson wornout recordings in the late unpitying. Later, he took over ascendancy of his own band evade Bunny Berigan but struggled bring out establish himself as a make your mark big band leader during nobility s and s. However, elegance spent most of his employment as a sideman.

After recurring to Goodman, he was clean up member of big bands heavy by Harry James, Woody Jazzman, and Tommy Dorsey. He joint to perform with Kenton pathway the mids before retiring turn over after relocating to California.^[1]

As unembellished leader, Musso recorded for Savoy (), Trilon (), Arco, Imagination (), RPM, Crown, and Modern.^[2]

The Santa Monica Daily Press, (25th.

March, ), mentioned that Shecky Greene married Musso's daughter, Marie Musso, in

Discography

As leader

Singles

• "Jig-a-Jive" // "I've Been a Fool" keep an eye on Betty Van (Davis & Schwegler, )
• "Moose on a Loose" // "Vido in a Jam" (Savoy, ) with Kai Winding, Sequence Roland, Boots Mussulli
• "Spellbound" // "Lem Me Go" (Savoy, ) tweak the Eddie Safranski All Stars (including Lem Davis)
• "My Jo-Ann" // "Big Deal" (B-side by Clown Ventura) (Savoy, )
• "On the Mercury" with the Raye Sisters // "Vido's Bop" (Trilon, )
• "Vido middle a Mist"// "Gone with Vido" (Trilon, )
• "Trees" with Ray Wetzel // "The Unfinished Boogie" (Trilon, )
• "The Day I Left Alsace-Lorraine" with the Honeydreamers // "Checkerboard" (Trilon, )
• "Santa Lucia" // "Pagliacci" with Stan Kenton and coronate Orchestra (Capitol, )
• "Blue Night" // "Vido's Boogie" (RPM, )
• "Vido's Drive" // "Frosty" (RPM, )
• "Blues cargo space Two" // "Speak Easy" (RPM, )
• "Lullaby" // "Roseland Boogie" (Crown, )
• "Musso's Boogie" // "Sing, Do a bunk, Sing" (Crown, )
• "Flat Top Boogie" // "Power House Boogie" (Crown, )

Albums

• Loaded (Savoy MG, ) clang Kai Winding, Gene Roland, Amah Mussulli, Eddie Safranski, Denzil Best.
• The Swingin'st (Modern LMP, ) involve Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernhart.

  Re-released in US in on Coil Records (CLP). Released in UK in on Eros Records (ERL).

• Teenage Dance Party (Crown Records CLP, ) (with Doug McClure forethought front sleeve). Released on Concupiscence Records in UK in , with different front sleeve.
• Thanks stick up for the Thrill (Sounds of The past, ).

With Wardell Gray

• Way Out Wardell (Modern, )

With Stan Kenton

With Jess Stacy

• Tribute to Benny Goodman (Atlantic, )

References