JACK DeSALVO Artist Page
Jack DeSalvo is a guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer has been hailed by Wire magazine as “a masterful player”. He has performed and recorded on classical, steel-string, electric, 12-string, slide and alto guitars, cello, banjo, mandolin and mandola.
Jack DeSalvo initially appeared on the international jazz scene with thegroundbreaking trio D3 and as a member of the electric harmolodic group Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society. The legendary recording Red Warrior (Knit Classics KCR-3032/orig. Axiom) stems from that time with Jack playing electric and slide guitar as well as mandolin Soon after came Transparencies (Bellaphon CDLR-45057) with Karl Berger on vibes, piano and balafon, Jack on electric, 12-string and classical guitars, Anthony Cox on double-bass and Tom Tedesco on drums and percussion.
The first album from D3, Spontaneous Combustion (Enja/Tutu CD-888126), with Jack on electric guitar, Tony DeCicco on double-bass and Bruce Ditmas on drums, is a classic record of fiery improvisation.
Liquide Stones (Enja/Tutu CD-888132), the duo recording from DeSalvo and vibist Arthur Lipner, received enthusiastic reviews on both sides of the Atlantic:
“Using both acoustic and electric instruments, DeSalvo demonstrates technique, intelligence and imagination with a broad streak of lyricism and passion in what amounts to one of the better guitar voices to be heard in improvised music these days.” – Cadence
“Guitar and vibraphones in a thrilling duo recital with timeless, inflammable ideas. Thus warm ballads burgeon beside provoking, avant-garde sound plasma, forming their own integrated musical system of co-ordination.” -Rainer Guerich, CD Tips, Germany
Jack DeSalvo currently records for the UNSEEN RAIN Record label.
JACK DeSALVO on UNSEEN RAIN
CORIOLIS SKY (UR9999) Tom DeSteno Trio with Jack on guitar, Mark Hagan on double-bass and Tom DeSteno on drums and features compositons by DeSalvo, Ornette Coleman and Duke Ellington.
CORIOLIS SKY – TOM DeSTENO, JACK DeSALVO, MARK HAGAN (UR9999)
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STUTCHES (UR9996), with Chris Kelsey on soprano saxophone, Jack on banjo, electric and classical guitars and mandolin and Tom Tedesco on tabla, drums and percussion, is a recording that is a landmark for its unique instrumentation in a creative jazz context and is filled with inventive humor and virtuosic intensity.
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STUTCHES (UR9996), with Chris Kelsey on soprano saxophone, Jack on banjo, electric and classical guitars and mandolin and Tom Tedesco on tabla, drums and percussion, is a recording that is a landmark for its unique instrumentation in a creative jazz context and is filled with inventive humor and virtuosic intensity.
Jack DeSalvo (mandola, cello, classical, electric, and 12-string slide guitars) Tom Cabrera (bodhrán, tar, riq, doumbek, bass drum, cymbals, bells)
JUNIPER – JACK DeSALVO, TOM CABRERA
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JACK DeSALVO – guitar (Godin Multiac ACS SA classical) JOEL SHAPIRA – guitar (1948 Gibson L-12)
INHERENCE – JACK DeSALVO, JOEL SHAPIRA
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JACK DeSALVO – mandola, cello, guitar, HERB KLOSS – flute, alto flute, TOM CABRERA – frame drums, tombak,riq, darbuka, percussion
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Like predecessor recordings My Goals Beyond by John McLaughlin and Bill Connors’ Theme To The Guardian on ECM, Jack DeSalvo gives his music a most personal rendering utilizing only six and 12-string acoustic guitars and includes perhaps his most well-known piece, Pramantha.
PRAMANTHA – JACK DeSALVO (UR9988)
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On their second album for UNSEEN RAIN, Tom Cabrera and Jack DeSalvo provide a global environment for their virtuosic, improvised renderings of deep, passionate music featuring an amazing collection of instruments, including frame drums, mandola, riq, cello, tombak, guitar and darbuka. The result is crystalline beauty, as rare as a Libra Moon.
All music by Jack DeSalvo
JUBILANT RAIN – JACK DeSALVO (UR9987)
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Tom Cabrera, frame drum and percussion
Jack DeSalvo, guitar
TALES OF COMING HOME – TOM CABRERA, JACK DeSALVO (UR9986)
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Dan Willis, soprano and tenor saxophones
Jack DeSalvo, guitar, alto guitar, mandola, mandolin
Lee Marvin, double bass
Jon Berger , drums and percussion
RIVER ROAD – DAN WILLI
S, JACK DeSALVO, LEE MARVIN, JON BERGER (UR9994)
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Jack DeSalvo, guitar
Tony DeCicco, double bass
Bruce Ditmas, drums
Jack DeSalvo (mandola, cello, guitars)
Tom Cabrera (bodhrán, tar, riq, doumbek, bass drum, percussion)