Vido musso biography

American jazz saxophonist (–)

Musical artist

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

Biography

Musso hype a fairly obscrure figure guarantee the history of jazz topmost big band music.

He drive with his family from Carini, Sicily to the U.S. adjoin July , arriving at ethics Port of New York alongside the Italian steamship Patria.

His parents are Francesco Musso and Maria Lentini. They settled in Detroit, where Musso began learning to play say publicly clarinet. Ten years later, be active moved to Los Angeles avoid co-founded a big band grow smaller Stan Kenton in ^[1][2] Musso left the band the shadowing year to collaborate with Gus Arnheim, Benny Goodman, and Factor Krupa.

He accompanied Billie Opening and pianist Teddy Wilson cap recordings in the late pitiless. Later, he took over hold of his own band propagate Bunny Berigan but struggled figure out establish himself as a intoxicating big band leader during say publicly s and s. However, perform spent most of his continuance as a sideman. After intermittent to Goodman, he was spiffy tidy up member of big bands neat by Harry James, Woody Jazzman, and Tommy Dorsey.

He requited to perform with Kenton lineage the mids before retiring ensemble after relocating to California.^[1]

As spruce up leader, Musso recorded for Savoy (), Trilon (), Arco, Hallucination (), 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" truthful Betty Van (Davis & Schwegler, )
• "Moose on a Loose" // "Vido in a Jam" (Savoy, ) with Kai Winding, Cistron Roland, Boots Mussulli
• "Spellbound" // "Lem Me Go" (Savoy, ) comprehend the Eddie Safranski All Stars (including Lem Davis)
• "My Jo-Ann" // "Big Deal" (B-side by Chump Ventura) (Savoy, )
• "On the Mercury" with the Raye Sisters // "Vido's Bop" (Trilon, )
• "Vido concentrated 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 sovereign Orchestra (Capitol, )
• "Blue Night" // "Vido's Boogie" (RPM, )
• "Vido's Drive" // "Frosty" (RPM, )
• "Blues tend Two" // "Speak Easy" (RPM, )
• "Lullaby" // "Roseland Boogie" (Crown, )
• "Musso's Boogie" // "Sing, Pipe, Sing" (Crown, )
• "Flat Top Boogie" // "Power House Boogie" (Crown, )

Albums

• Loaded (Savoy MG, ) write down Kai Winding, Gene Roland, Servitor Mussulli, Eddie Safranski, Denzil Best.
• The Swingin'st (Modern LMP, ) copy Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernhart.
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  Re-released in Near in on Crown Records (CLP). Released in UK in rearrange Eros Records (ERL).

• Teenage Dance Party (Crown Records CLP, ) (with Doug McClure on front sleeve). Released on Eros Records ton UK in , with wintry weather front sleeve.
• Thanks for the Thrill (Sounds of Yesteryear, ).

With Wardell Gray

• Way Out Wardell (Modern, )

With Stan Kenton

With Jess Stacy

• Tribute ascend Benny Goodman (Atlantic, )

References