Tony Fruscella (February 4, 1927 – August 14, 1969) was an American jazz trumpeter.Bogdanov, Woodstra, Thomas All Music Guide to Jazz, The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music 2002, Page 443 –
Biography Tony Fruscella and his sister Maria, grew up in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. He played in an Army band early in his career. He worked as a sideman in the 1950s for Charlie Barnet,Charlie Barnet Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan (1954), and Stan Getz(1955). He played with Don JosephDon Joseph at Jazz Discography later in the 1950s, but by the early 1960s his problems with drug abuse and alcoholism prevented him from performing. Fruscella released one album, I'll Be Seeing You (1955), as a leader during his lifetime. It was recorded with Allen Eager and Danny BankDanny Bank. JazzWax) for Atlantic Records.
He was married to singer Morgana King.Liner notes by Doug Ramsey for Morgana King album Stretchin' Out (1977) The marriage ended in divorce after nine years.Liner Notes on Morgana King album I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1991)
Discography Tony Fruscella (Atlantic, 1955) Fru'n Brew with Brew Moore (Spotlite, 1981) Debut (Spotlite, 1981) The 1954 Unissued Atlantic Session (Fresh Sound, 2011)
Notes Harrison, Max. Modern Jazz, The Essential Records, A Critical Selection (1975) pp. 61 – Yanow, Scott. The Trumpet Kings, The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet (2001) pp. 162 – Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler (fiction) 1989 – Page 115 – Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me by Dave Gelly (2002) pp. 68 – Fifties Jazz Talk: An Oral Retrospective by Jack Gordon (2004) pp. 71- The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler (2007) pp. 76 – The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord (1993) The Penguin Guide to Jazz by Richard Cook, Brian Morton (2002) pp. 536 –
References
External links Tony Fruscella at Jazz Discography Article on Fruscella: Flying High and Low (August 11, 1981) The Boston Phoenix