Born: October 15, 1957 Primary Instrument: Guitar
Guitarist Jack DeSalvo has been hailed by Wire magazine as “a masterful player”. Rolling Stone Magazine gave an extremely rare four star (****) review when Jack lent his playing to “Red Warrior” for jazz great Ronald Shannon Jackson. “To label Red Warrior fusion is to deny its impact. Perhaps we should simply call it heavy-metal jazz.” (RS 605). Jack plays mandolin on Red Warrior's bonus track, Harmolodic Christmas. DeSalvo's recording, Liquide Stones, with Vibist Arthur Lipner on the Tutu label brought this review from Cadence magazine: “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.” European reviews were no less entusiastic: “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. DeSalvo has performed and recorded with a quartet featuring Karl Berger, Anthony Cox and Tom Tedesco. Their recording, Transparencies, is on the German Belaphon label. He has played with The Chris Braun Trio, Tony Malaby, Drew Gress, Chris Kelsey, Melvin Gibbs, Pat Hall, Jorge Sylvester, the alternative rock outfit They Might Be Giants and in Europe with Peter Brotzmann and Miles' band. When Jack was coaxed into performing on stage with Hubert Sumlin of the great Howlin' Wolf band, Mr. Sumlin proclaimed, “You never can tell what a white boy can do!” Jack is also a prolific composer whose works has been performed and recorded by jazz artists, chamber groups and soloists in the US and Europe.
Last Updated: April 4, 2013
”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
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OFF WORLD (UR9972)
Matt Lavelle – trumpet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet/ Jack DeSalvo – guitar, slide guitar/ Tony DeCicco – five-string double-bass, Bruce Ditmas – drums
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO, HERB KLOSS, TOM CABRERA
LION HEARTED (UR9980)
Jack DeSalvo – mandola, cello, classical guitar/ Herb Kloss – flute, alto flute/ Tom Cabrera – frame drums, riq, tombak, darbuka, percussion
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO, TOM CABRERA
LIBRA MOON (UR9978)
Jack DeSalvo – mandola, cello, acoustic guitar/ Tom Cabrera, frame drums, riq, tombak, darbuka
www.unseenrainrecords.com
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STARLIGHT (UR9990)
Jack DeSalvo – guitar/ Tony DeCicco – double-bass/ Bruce Ditmas – drums
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO
SUDDEN MOVES (UR9989)
Jack DeSalvo – guitar/ Chris Kelsey – soprano saxophone/ Peter Herbert – double-bass/ Bruce Ditmas – drums
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO
PRAMANTHA (UR9988)
Jack DeSalvo – six and 12-string acoustic guitars
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO
JUBILANT RAIN (UR9987)
Jack DeSalvo – classical guitar
www.unseenrainrecords.com
TOM CABRERA, JACK DeSALVO
TALES OF COMING HOME
(UR9986)
Tom Cabrera – frame drums, percussion/ Jack DeSalvo – six and 12-string acoustic guitars, mandolin, slide guitar
www.unseenrainrecords.com
PAT HALL
K3rnelPaN1C (UR9985)
Pat Hall – trombone, laptop, electronics/ Jack DeSalvo – guitar, slide guitar/ Joe Gallant – bass guitar/ Bruce Ditmas – drums, keyboards, percussion, electronics
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO
HELICONIA (UR9991)
Jack DeSalvo – guitar/ Tony DeCicco – double-bass/ Bruce Ditmas – drums
RIVER ROAD (UR9994)
Dan Willis – soprano and tenor saxophones/ Jack DeSalvo – guitars, alto guitar, mandola, mandolin/ Lee Marvin – double bass/ Jon Berger – drums, dumbek, percussion
www.unseenrainrecords.com
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OVER THE EDGE (UR9995)
Sam Morrison – soprano saxophone, flute/ Jack DeSalvo – guitars/ Tony DeCicco – five-string double-bass/ Bruce Ditmas – drums
www.unseenrainrecords.com
CHRIS KELSEY, JACK DeSALVO, TOM TEDESCO
STUTCHES (UR9996)
Chris Kelsey -soprano saxophone/ Jack DeSalvo – banjo, mandolin, guitar, classical guitar/ Tom Tedesco – tabla, drums, percussion
www.unseenrainrecords.com
TOM DeSTENO Trio
CORIOLIS SKY (UR9999)
Tom DeSteno – drums/ Jack DeSalvo – guitar/ Mark Hagan – double-bass
www.unseenrainrecords.com
JACK DeSALVO, ARTHUR LIPNER
LIQUIDE STONES (TUTU CD 888132)
Jack DeSalvo - classical and electric guitars/ Arthur Lipner - vibraphone, marimba
http://www.tutu-records.com
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SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (TUTU CD 888126)
Jack DeSalvo - electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars/ Tony DeCicco - five-string double-bass/ Bruce Ditmas - drums
http://www.tutu-records.com
KARL BERGER
TRANSPARENCIES (Bellaphon CDLR 45057)
Karl Berger - piano, vibraphone and bailophone/ Tom Tedesco - drums, percussion/Anthony Cox - double-bass/ Jack DeSalvo - 12 string, electric and classical guitars
http://www.karlberger.org/transparencies.html
RONALD SHANNON JACKSON
RED WARRIOR (Axiom 539 872 and Knit Classics KCR-3032)
Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums, schaumei/ Jack DeSalvo - guitar, slide guitar and mandolin/ Jef Lee Johnson - guitar/ Stevie Salas - guitar/ Ramon Pooser - bass guitar/
Konrad Mathieu - bass guitar
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JACK DeSALVO
FALLS HOME
Jack DeSalvo - electric and classical guitars, Allen Farnham - piano, Drew Gress - double-bass, Tom Tedesco - drums
CHRIS BRAUN
CHRIS BRAUN TRIO
Chris Braun - drums/ Jack DeSalvo - guitar/ Mike Bocchicchio - double-bass
JACK DeSALVO
MOMENTS OF
Jack DeSalvo - guitar/ Rick Jesse - tenor saxophone/ Scott Butterfield - double-bass/ Chris Braun - drums
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Primary Instrument:
Guitar
Location:
Wyckoff, NJ
Willing to teach:
Beginners
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