Tony Fruscella

A mellow, lyrical great jazz trumpeter within the vein of Chet Baker, Tony Fruscella unfortunately lived a similarly addictive life-style that resulted in a tragically premature loss of life. Fruscella was created in Orangeburg, NY, on Feb 4, 1927, and obtained his first essential experience playing within an Military band. His awesome tone — affected by Kilometers Davis and swing-era experienced Joe Thomas, and in addition similar to Bix Beiderbecke’s fluidity — produced him a effectively suitable sideman in the first ’50s for performers like Charlie Barnet, Lester Youthful, Gerry Mulligan, and Stan Getz. In 1955, exactly the same yr he documented with Getz, Fruscella led the only real program officially released during his life time, I’ll Be Viewing You (also re-released as Tony Fruscella). Alcohol and drugs had already started to consider their toll, nevertheless, and Fruscella’s following activity was mainly limited to several times with fellow awesome trumpeter Don Joseph through the past due ’50s. He was from jazz from the ’60s and passed away in NY of cirrhosis in 1969. Within the wake of his loss of life, Fruscella’s beautiful but slim documented legacy was fleshed out relatively with the launch of many live and studio room dates.