Sal Giorgianni

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Sal Giorgianni is an American saxophone player. [1]

He was born in Upstate New York. Giorgianni was a member of the Ellenville High School Jazz Ensemble [2] which, among other things, performed at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festivalwith jazz director Brian Shaw. He returned again to Montreux to appear on the cd [3] Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux. [4] Sal was one of the saxophone players of Big Bop Nouveau with Maynard Ferguson [5] on the cd Brass Attitude. [6] Giorganni has released three albums as a solo artist on Windhouse Records: "Sango", "Blue 'N' Boogie", and "Angel Eyes".

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  3. ↑ "Miles and Quincy Live" . Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard (2005). It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record. Atlantic Books. ISBN   1-84354-332-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard, Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin guide to jazz recordings (8th ed.). Penguin Books. pp.  1534. ISBN   0-14-102327-9.
  6. ↑ "Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau Brass Attitude" . Retrieved 1 May 2012.


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