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John Carisi
John Caris was an American trumpeter and composer.Early in his career, Carisi was a member of Herbie Fields's Orchestra (1938–1943) and Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band. After the war he worked with Ray McKinley, Claude Thornhill, Charlie Barnet, Urbie Green, and Benny Goodman, among others and studied with acclaimed composer Stefan Wolpe.
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Backgrounder: John Carisi's Show Boat
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
John Carisi was a self-taught and highly proficient East Coast trumpeter who played in Herbie Fields's Orchestra from 1938 to 1943. After enlisting or being inducted into the military during World War II, he was recruited for Glenn Miller's prestigious Army Air Force Band. After the war, Carisi was a member of multiple leading bands, arranged for others and studied with composer Stefan Wolpe. Carisi worked as a freelance arranger in the 1950s and went on to teach in the ...
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New Jazz Sound of Showboat
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For the life of me, I can't understand why great jazz albums are still left unreleased by major labels. The fact that I'm still digging them out of the ground like a dog to truffles just proves the vastness of the jazz and jazz-pop forest. One can spend a lifetime listening to this music every day and still not find or hear everything. What a gift the last generation of musicians left behind. Case in point: In September 1959, John ...
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Johnny Carisi: Jazz Workshop
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Some of the smartest and most innovative East Coast jazz recordings made in the mid-1950s were for RCA's short-lived Jazz Workshop series. They albums were recorded just as the 10-inch LP began to fade and were replaced by 12-inch discs. The larger album had been used for classical music since 1948, when the LP was first introduced by Columbia. Classical music required more vinyl to accommodate symphonies and operas, and classical buyers tended to have more money and could afford ...
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John Carisi
Instrument: Trumpet
Born: February 23, 1922
Died: October 3, 1992
