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Tony Fruscella (February 4, 1927 – August 14, 1969) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Biography

Tony Fruscella and his sister Maria, grew up in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. He played in an Army band early in his career. He worked as a sideman in the 1950s for Charlie Barnet, Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan (1954), and Stan Getz(1955). He played with Don Joseph later in the 1950s, but by the early 1960s his problems with drug abuse and alcoholism prevented him from performing. Fruscella released one album, I'll Be Seeing You (1955), as a leader during his lifetime. It was recorded with Allen Eager and Danny Bank) for Atlantic Records.

He was married to singer Morgana King. The marriage ended in divorce after nine years.

Discography

• Tony Fruscella (Atlantic, 1955)
• Fru'n Brew with Brew Moore (Spotlite, 1981)
• Debut (Spotlite, 1981)
• The 1954 Unissued Atlantic Session (Fresh Sound, 2011)

Notes

• Harrison, Max. Modern Jazz, The Essential Records, A Critical Selection (1975) pp. 61 – ISBN 0-904619-01-X
• Yanow, Scott. The Trumpet Kings, The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet (2001) pp. 162 – ISBN 0-87930-640-8
• Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler (fiction) 1989 – Page 115 – ISBN 0-8021-3074-7
• Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me by Dave Gelly (2002) pp. 68 – ISBN 0-87930-729-3
• Fifties Jazz Talk: An Oral Retrospective by Jack Gordon (2004) pp. 71- ISBN 0-8108-4997-6
• The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler (2007) pp. 76 – ISBN 0-19-532000-X
• The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord (1993) ISBN 1-881993-18-3
• The Penguin Guide to Jazz by Richard Cook, Brian Morton (2002) pp. 536 – ISBN 0-14-101416-4

References

1. Bogdanov, Woodstra, Thomas All Music Guide to Jazz, The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music 2002, Page 443 – ISBN 0-87930-717-X
2. Charlie Barnet Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Don Joseph at Jazz Discography
4. Danny Bank. JazzWax
5. ^ Liner notes by Doug Ramsey for Morgana King album Stretchin' Out (1977)
6. Liner Notes on Morgana King album I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1991)

External links

• Tony Fruscella at Jazz Discography
• Article on Fruscella: Flying High and Low (August 11, 1981) The Boston Phoenix

• 1927 births
• 1969 deaths
• American jazz trumpeters
• American male trumpeters
• Xanadu Records artists
• People from Orangeburg, New York
• 20th-century American trumpeters
• Jazz musicians from New York (state)
• 20th-century American male musicians
• American male jazz musicians