Joe Cinderella
Joe Cinderella | |
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| Birth name | Joseph Richard Cinderella |
| Born | June 14, 1927 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 27, 2012 (aged 85) Whiting, New Jersey |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1950s–2000s |
Joseph Richard Cinderella (June 14, 1927 – October 27, 2012) was an American
Allmusic.com, said of Cinderella: "He was a technically brilliant, original player who for long periods let his creative talents become obscured not by piles of soot and ash but by their musical equivalent, commercial studio jobs."[1]
Career
Joe Cinderella was born into an Italian family in
Camp Lee in Virginia. A staff sergeant who was interested in jazz guitar heard him playing. The sergeant gave him his own room, where he played guitar all day, and prevented him from being sent to Germany by putting him in a general's band as a drummer.[2]
He married Angela Cipulla and lived in
He taught guitar in a New Jersey college from 1969 and wrote several instructional books for jazz guitar. He self-released the album Concept in 2002.At
William Paterson College he became a member of the adjunct faculty and helped establish the school's jazz guitar program.[2]
Previously a resident of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey,[3] Cinderella and his wife moved to a housing community in the Whiting section of Manchester Township, where he died from natural causes on October 27, 2012.[4]
Discography
As sideman
With Vinnie Burke
- East Coast Jazz 2 (Bethlehem, 1955)
- Bass by Pettiford/Burke with Oscar Pettiford (Bethlehem, 1957)
With Chris Connor
- Sings Lullabies for Lovers (Bethlehem, 1954)
- Sings Lullabies of Birdland (Bethlehem, 1956)
With Gil Mellé
- Gil's Guests (Prestige, 1956)
- Patterns in Jazz (Blue Note, 1956)
- Primitive Modern (Prestige, 1956)
- Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)
- Waterbirds (Nocturne, 1970)
References
- ^ a b c d Chadbourne, Eugene. "Joe Cinderella". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-078665123-8.
- Newspapers.com. "'The whole jazz feeling is even in pop music now,' said Joe Cinderella, a jazz guitarist from Upper Saddle River who once played at Birdland, 'and it's doing jazz a lot of good.'"
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (5 November 2012). "Guitarist Joe Cinderella Dies at 85". JazzTimes. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
Guitarist Joe Cinderella passed away on Oct. 27 at the age of 85, in his home in Whiting, N.J., of natural causes.
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