Dizzy Sal
Dizzy Sal (8 November 1934 – 25 July 1998), born Edward Saldanha,[1] was an Indian jazz pianist.[2] He was a student at the Lenox School of Jazz,[3] and the Berklee School of Music.[4] It is believed that he popularized jazz in Bollywood.[5]
Life
Saldanha was born in Rangoon, Burma, in 1934. Saldanha came from a musical family, three brothers played in a band in Kuwait. He made his début aged 5 on Radio Rangoon.[6]
His meeting with Dave Brubeck is documented in the 2011 book Taj-Mahal Foxtrot, by Naresh Fernandes.[7]
He performed his own Relaxin' At Music Inn as well as Wes Montgomery’s Jingles and Gary McFarland's Monk's Sphere and Summer Day, as part of the "Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Connie Kay Ensemble", at the third annual benefit concert at the Lennox School of Jazz, 29 August 1959.[8]
Dizzy Sal brought jazz to Bollywood, according to Jazz researcher John J Langdon IV.[9]
Discography
- Jazz in the Classroom Volume 5: Haasan's Dream (1961)[10] with Petar Spassov
- Ken McIntyre - Stone Blues
- Ornette Coleman - The Lenox Jazz School Concert: August 29, 1959 (2009)
Further reading
- Taj-Mahal Foxtrot[11]
References
- ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 52.
- ^ Kasimir K. Koul (1967). Poona and Bombay by the sea.
- ^ Paul Haines (2007). Secret Carnival Workers. Coach House Books. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-9783426-0-9.
- ^ Jazz Education Journal. Vol. 34. International Association for Jazz Education. 2001. p. 41.
- ^ "Dizzy Sal". The Revolver Club. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Dizzy Sal". 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977. Vol. 10. W. Bruyninckx. 1980. p. 519.
- ^ "A book that delights in how jazz—both as music and worldview—once infiltrated the emerging, cosmopolitan metropolis of Bombay". The Caravan.
- ^ "1959 Concert Program". www.jazzdiscography.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2003.
- ^ http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&story_url_key=those-jazzy-days§ion_url_key=vivacity [bare URL]
- ^ "Taj Mahal Foxtrot". Taj Mahal Foxtrot.
- ^ http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reviews-essays/hot-music-bombay-hotel/2 review
External links
- Picture of Dizzy Sal from the (Lenox) School of Jazz Photo Scrapbook
- America's Original Ambassador of Cool The Hindu
- Those Jazzy Days, The Pioneer, Shrabasti Mallik, 8 May 2015
