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Ron Di Salvio
Ron serves on the faculty of Hillsdale and Kalamazoo Colleges, teaching jazz piano, improvisation, theory and composition. He is a member of ASCAP, IJAE and the American Composers Forum. Active in the ‘Arts’ in his community he serves on the Homer Arts Advisory Council, and directs the Homer Community Choir. A recent project, A Tribute to “Kind of Blue,” Essence of Green, was featured at the 2006 Irving Gilmore International Keyboard Festivals Noon Series Concerts. The performance included the legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last remaining member of the Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” ensemble, along with his group Jazz X. (Ten)
Ron is currently working on “Black and White”, For Ten Jazz Legends. This work contains original Lyrics and pays tribute to Ron’s inspirations. It includes Jimmy Cobb and Jazz X on the recording. He is also author of “Deltadiatonics”, The Marriage of Major and Minor, the Synthesis of Classical and Jazz Harmony.
Ron has recorded two solo piano Compact Discs, Allegro, a series improvisation on folk songs and compositions by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, and Appassionato, an Italian suite, written and recorded between 2002 and 2004.
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Ron Di Salvio: Essence of Green
by Dan McClenaghan
Essence of Green is pianist/composer Ron Di Salvio's nod to the music created by Miles Davis and his sextet on the classic album, Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959). The sound that opens the album on Six Shades of Green" is unmistakable: that elastic, slow-loping rhythm from Davis' All Blues," with bassist Rodney Whitaker front-and-center here, backed by a simmering, just-a-hint ahead-of-the-beat drummer wielding the sticks with sublime subtlety and a gentle, implacable forward drive.
That's Jimmy Cobb in ...
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Crossing Lines
From: Essence of Green: A Tribute To...By Ron Di Salvio