Johnny Glasel
John Glasel ( Johnny Glasel, actually Samuel Joseph Glasel, born June 11, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City; † December 8, 2011 in New Jersey ) was an American jazz trumpeter and musician's union.
Life and work
Glasel played in the 1940s with Bob Wilber and took part in the recording with Sidney Bechet with. In the early 1950s he studied at the Yale School of Music, and began his musical career at New Haven Symphony Orchestra and various chamber music ensembles in addition to performances with jazz musicians. In the late 1950s he lived in New York, played in a initiated by Ray McKinley Glenn Miller tribute band, in orchestras on Broadway and at Radio City Music Hall. He was with Bob Wilber of the ensemble The Six and played with Bill Russo. Under his own name he provided some albums. In 1959 he formed the John Glasel Brasstet, which, inter alia, Eddie Bert, Gene Allen, Louis Mucci, Jimmy Buffington, Dick Cary, John Drew and Ed Shaughnessy seniority; the recordings were only published 45 years later.
In 1961, he played with John Carisi, as these three tracks recorded under the name Gil Evans Orchestra: published Into the Hot at Impulse, 1962, he took up with Barry Miles. In the following years he worked as a session musician in Easy Listening, Pop and Rock, including John Denver, Walter Wanderley and Astrud Gilberto (I Have not Got Anything Better to Do 1969), in the 1970s with Roberta Flack and Eddy Mitchell (Made in USA). Early 1980s was Glasel Chairman of the Musicians' Union Local 802 in New York City; an office which he held until 1992. In 1982, he took with Dick Meldonian on ( ' S Wonderful ).
His main job was working in the field of health care (Health care) in New Jersey and also was part of a commission for the reform of the institution. He wrote about the reform of health care and other social issues. He last lived in New Jersey.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Bob Wilber / John Glasel: The Six ( Bethlehem Records) Sonny Truitt, Bill Britto, Eddie Phyfe, Bob Hammer
- Jazz Session (ABC - Paramount, 1956) with Dick Garcia, Perry Lopez, Whitey Mitchell, Osie Johnson
- The John Glasel Brasstet (1959, published as Westchester Workshop, Fresh Sound Records, 2004)
- Free Fall (Columbia Records, 1963)
Sources / Links
- Johnny Glasel at Allmusic (English)
- Johnny Glasel at Discogs (English)