Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999), whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia, was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.
He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He taught guitar at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut as well as at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. He wrote several instruction books for beginning to advanced guitarists.
In addition to recordings with Stan Kenton and with his own groups, Salvador can be heard in the film Blackboard Jungle, during a scene in a bar where a recording on which he is featured is played on the jukebox. He is also featured playing with Sonny Stitt in the film, Jazz on a Summer's Day, at the Newport Jazz Festival.
He died in September 1999, following a fight with cancer, at the age of 73.
Discography Year recordedTitleLabelNotes1953Sal Salvador QuintetBlue NoteWith Frank Socolow (tenor saxophone), Johnny Williams (piano), Kenny O'Brien (bass), Jimmy Campbell (drums)1954Kenton Presents Jazz – Sal SalvadorCapitolWith Eddie Costa (p, vib), Jimmy Campbell (d)1956Frivolous SalBethlehemWith Eddie Costa (p, vib), George Roumanias (b), Jimmy Campbell (d)1956-57Shades of Sal SalvadorBethlehemSeptet1957A Tribute to the GreatsBethlehemWith Eddie Costa (p, vib), Sonny Dallas (b), Ronnie Free (d)1958Colors in SoundDeccaQuartet with Brass1959The Beat For This GenerationDeccaBig Band1963You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!DauntlessBig Band1963Music to Stop Smoking ByRouletteQuartet1978StarfingersBeehiveSextet1978Juicy LucyBee HiveQuartet1978ParallelogramGPQuartet1983In Our Own Sweet WayStash RecordsQuintet1984Plays The World's Greatest Jazz StandardsStash RecordsQuartet1989Crystal ImageStash RecordsWith Mike Giordano (g), Barbara Sfraga (v), Phil Bowler (b), Greg Burrows (d, synth), Unknown (perc/vocal effects), Teo Macero (prod, arr, synth) With Stan Kenton Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953) Sketches on Standards (Capitol, 1953) This Modern World (Capitol, 1953) Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953) The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, )
References
External links Classic Jazz Guitar Sal Salvador Orchestra collection, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries