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| Rudy Salvini (2005) | |
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| Rudy Salvini, bandleader and trumpet player, has been a driving force in Bay Area music since he formed his first big band in 1954. The band recorded their first album, Intro to Jazz in 1958 and played the first Monterey Jazz Festival that same year. They returned in subsequent years to back Mel Tormé, Billy Eckstein and Earl (Fatha) Hines. The Rudy Salvini Band had the honor of being the first big band to play Stern Grove along with Vince Guaraldi, John Handy and Turk Murphy in 1966. The fame of the band skyrocketed during a five-year engagement at the Sands Ballroom in Oakland, CA. Other performances include Irving Granz’s Jazz a la Carte, San Francisco State Concert with Shelly Manne, numerous university campus tours, Great American Music Hall and Moscone Center. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker with Strings | Love Walked In | (Columbia) |
| # 2 | Stan Kenton | Contemporary Concepts | Stompin' at the Savoy | (Capitol) |
| # 3 | Stan Getz | People Time | I Remember Clifford | (Verve) |
| # 4 | Harry James | The Golden Trumpet of Harry James | Ultra | (London) |
| # 5 | Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette | Reunion | The Goodbye Look | (Concord) |
| # 6 | Guido Basso | Guido Basso | Stablemates | (Innovation) |
| # 7 | Bill Charlap | All through the Night | Roundabout | (Criss Cross) |
| # 8 | Miles Davis | Birth of the Cool | Rocker | (Capitol) |
| Book | Duke Ellington, "Music Is My Mistress" | |||
| Luxury Item | Batteries & an iPod, and Sapphire Bombay gin and tonic | |||
| Tim Garland
26 Apr Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |