Jack DeSalvo thought he wanted to be a Beatle or Monkee when he was eight, in 1966. “I fake played tennis rackets,” he said. But he grew into a different kind of animal. His musical parents, his father an alto sax player, his mother a singer, soon provided him with a real instrument, and he studied classical guitar. From acoustic he graduated to electric with amps--for $27--and by the ‘70’s he was into jazz fusion. In his teens, he studied composition, then went off to Berkelee College of Music and then toured with bands internationally, blending his influences.
Jazz Improv Mixes with Melody Tonight at UpFront
Jazz Improv Mixes with Melody Tonight at…
Jazz Improv Mixes with Melody Tonight at UpFront
Jack DeSalvo thought he wanted to be a Beatle or Monkee when he was eight, in 1966. “I fake played tennis rackets,” he said. But he grew into a different kind of animal. His musical parents, his father an alto sax player, his mother a singer, soon provided him with a real instrument, and he studied classical guitar. From acoustic he graduated to electric with amps--for $27--and by the ‘70’s he was into jazz fusion. In his teens, he studied composition, then went off to Berkelee College of Music and then toured with bands internationally, blending his influences.