Sal Salvador

Sal Salvador (1925–1999) was a bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.

Biography

Salvador was born in Monson, Massachusetts 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 authored 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.

Discography

Year recorded	Title	Label	Notes
1953	Sal Salvador Quintet	Blue Note	With Frank Socolow (tenor saxophone), Johnny Williams (piano), Kenny O'Brien (bass), Jimmy Campbell (drums)
1954	Kenton Presents Jazz – Sal Salvador	Capitol	With Eddie Costa (p, vib), Jimmy Campbell (d)
1956	Frivolous Sal	Bethlehem	With Eddie Costa (p, vib), George Roumanias (b), Jimmy Campbell (d)
1956-57	Shades of Sal Salvador	Bethlehem	Septet
1957	A Tribute to the Greats	Bethlehem	With Eddie Costa (p, vib), Sonny Dallas (b), Ronnie Free (d)
1959	The Beat For This Generation	Decca	Big Band
1963	You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!	Dauntless	Big Band
1963	Music to Stop Smoking By	Roulette	Quartet
1978	Starfingers	Bee Hive Records	Sextet
1983	In Our Own Sweet Way	Stash Records	Quintet

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, [1955])

External links

• Classic Jazz Guitar