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Sal Salvador
American jazz guitarist and music educator
Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999),[1] whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia,[2] was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.
He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States,[3] and began his professional career in New York City.[3] He eventually moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He taught guitar at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut as well as at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut.[1] He wrote several instruction books for beginning to advanced guitarists.[1]
In addition to recordings with Stan Kenton and with his own groups,[3] Salvador can be heard in the film Blackboard Jungle, during a scene in a bar where a recording on which he is featured is played on the jukebox. He is also featured playing with Sonny Stitt in the film, Jazz on a Summer's Day, at the Newport Jazz Festival.
He died in September 1999, following a fight with cancer, at the age of 73.[1]
