Joseph Salack, pianist, bassist, and composer has been playing jazz and creative improvised music for over 35 years at venues in Chicago, San Francisco, Taos, and Santa Fe. He studied piano with Erwin Helfer and Kevin Zornig; bass with David Parlato; and harmolodics with Don Cherry. In 1996, he formed the Salack/Pearlman Quartet in Santa Fe with trumpeter Dan Pearlman. Over the five plus years that the quartet was together and performing, the rhythm section included Marco Topo, Lee Steck, Raymond Blanchet, J.B. Sutherland, Dave Wayne and Zimbabwe Nkenya.
Joseph joined flutist Mary Rose in 2002 to form the flute and bass jazz duo Deuce, and they performed at venues in Taos and Santa Fe including The Adobe Bar, The Cloud Cliff Restaurant, and The CD Cafe, as well as private parties.
He has performed twice at The Roost Creative Music Series in Albuquerque: in 2009, he played bass with The World We Dream, playing all original compositions, with Shawn Woodyard on woodwinds, Sean Buckley on guitar and Phil Scollard on drums; and in 2010, in a tribute to the music of John Carter and Bobby Bradford, he played with the group Stand Up and Blow which consisted of Dan Clucas on cornet, Shawn Woodyard on woodwinds, Joseph Salack on bass and Milton Villarrubia III on drums.
Joseph currently performs at The Starlight Lounge with The Jazzbians, a jazz duo with himself on piano and Gayle Kenny on bass with occasional guests, and with the Alto Street Band, which plays Americana at various venues in Santa Fe. He also continues to perform and play with numerous other New Mexico jazz and improvising musicians.
"...The Shawn Woodyard quartet Stand Up & Blow played an
entire
concert of compositions of Bobby Bradford and John
Carter.
Joseph Salack, bass, Dan Clucas, cornet
, Milton
Villarrubia III, drumset,
Shawn Woodyard, flute, clarinet,
soprano, alto, tenor saxophones
. Tremendous to hear this
music in repertoire. They have the intellect to pull it off with
grace and respect." Mark Weaver, Director, The Roost
"An unusual band from Santa Fe’s largely underground jazz
scene has been playing at a number of public venues this
summer and generating a lot of attention.
The Salack/Pearlman Quartet played its brand of
improvisational music on the Plaza at Summerscene a few
weeks back, and it will play in Albuquerque and again in Santa
Fe next week.
The band is the latest version of a collaboration between
piano virtuoso Joseph Salack and trumpeter Dan Pearlman.
The two have been playing and writing music together for
about five years, with an evolving lineup of rhythm sections.
Last year, Salack played a gig with renowned local bassist
Zimbabwe Nkenya and drummer David Wayne
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"...The Shawn Woodyard quartet Stand Up & Blow played an
entire
concert of compositions of Bobby Bradford and John
Carter.
Joseph Salack, bass, Dan Clucas, cornet
, Milton
Villarrubia III, drumset,
Shawn Woodyard, flute, clarinet,
soprano, alto, tenor saxophones
. Tremendous to hear this
music in repertoire. They have the intellect to pull it off with
grace and respect." Mark Weaver, Director, The Roost
"An unusual band from Santa Fe’s largely underground jazz
scene has been playing at a number of public venues this
summer and generating a lot of attention.
The Salack/Pearlman Quartet played its brand of
improvisational music on the Plaza at Summerscene a few
weeks back, and it will play in Albuquerque and again in Santa
Fe next week.
The band is the latest version of a collaboration between
piano virtuoso Joseph Salack and trumpeter Dan Pearlman.
The two have been playing and writing music together for
about five years, with an evolving lineup of rhythm sections.
Last year, Salack played a gig with renowned local bassist
Zimbabwe Nkenya and drummer David Wayne. Pearlman sat
in. The combination clicked and they’ve had several
subsequent opportunities to show what they can do..." Kay
Roybal, Albuquerque Journal
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Primary Instrument
Piano
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
$25 for 30 minutes
$45 for an hour
