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Former music school in Brooklyn, New York
The New York Conservatory of Modern Music was a music school in New York City, founded soon after
World War II
[a] by
principal Alfred Francis Sculco,
[b] a professional trumpeter from
Westerly, Rhode Island who attended the
Juilliard School , and played with the
big bands of
Count Basie ,
Tommy Dorsey ,
Benny Goodman , and
Harry James .
[5]
[8]
Located at 552
Atlantic Avenue in
Brooklyn ,
[1] it is notable for the
alumni who went on to become working
jazz musicians,
[c] including
Jimmy Cheatham ,
[10]
Wally Cirillo ,
[11]
Seldon Powell ,
[12] and
George Tucker .
[13] Jazz record producer
Don Schlitten is also a former student.
[14]
[15]
In addition to Sculco (affectionately known as "Squeak" by the students)
[16] and others,
Tony Aless ,
[2]
[12]
Billy Bauer ,
[2]
[17]
Jim Chapin ,
[18]
[19] and
Don Lamond
[2] were all instructors at the college.
Notes
^ Adverts for the conservatory may be found in the music press from 1947,
[1] 1948,
[2] 1949,
[3] and 1950.
[4]
^ Sculco's full middle name can be verified through a combination of his newspaper obituary,
[5] army
draft card ,
[6] and
social security details.
[7]
^ In the immediate postwar period, the school was possibly the only institution in the United States teaching big band jazz.
[9]
References
^
a
b
"New York Conservatory of Modern Music [Advert]" .
International Musician . Vol. 46, no. 3. Newark, NJ:
American Federation of Musicians . September 1947. p. 19.
ISSN
0020-8051 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via
Internet Archive .
^
a
b
c
d
"New York Conservatory of Modern Music: For the Serious Minded Musician [Advert]" . Down Beat . Vol. 15, no. 12. Chicago: Down Beat, Inc. June 16, 1948. p. 13.
ISSN
0012-5768 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
"Achievement in Music Education [Advert]" .
Down Beat . Vol. 16, no. 14. Chicago: Down Beat, Inc. July 29, 1949. p. 18.
ISSN
0012-5768 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
"New York Conservatory of Modern Music: Thorough Professional Training in All Phases of Music [Advert]" . Down Beat . Vol. 17, no. 16. Chicago: Down Beat, Inc. August 11, 1950. p. 13.
ISSN
0012-5768 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
a
b "Obituaries (Westerly)".
The Providence Journal .
Providence, RI . August 23, 2001. p. C7.
ISSN
2574-3406 .
^
"Alfred Francis Sculco in Records of the Selective Service System 147, Box 146, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Rhode Island, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947" .
Ancestry .
St. Louis, MO :
National Archives at St. Louis . Retrieved January 16, 2023 .
^
"Alfred F Sculco, 20 Aug 2001 U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File" .
FamilySearch .
Alexandria, VA :
National Technical Information Service . Retrieved January 16, 2023 .
^ Burns-Fusaro, Nancy (October 2, 2021).
"Giving the Gift of Music: Class of 1970 Creates Westerly High Music Hall of Fame" .
The Westerly Sun . Westerly, RI: The Sun Media Group.
Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2023 .
^ Gonzalez, Linda (September 25, 1988).
"He Leads the Bands that Crowds Follow" . Press & Sun-Bulletin . Vol. 3, no. 360. Binghamton, NY: Gannett Satellite Information Network Inc. pp. C1, C5.
ISSN
0886-8816 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com . Article continued to p. C5 under title "Ricco Zizzi".
^ Rye, Howard (2002).
"Cheatham, Jimmy (James Rudolph)" .
Grove Music Online .
Oxford University Press .
doi :
10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J733900 . Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ Bohländer, Carlo; Holler, Karl Heinz & Pfarr, Christian (2000).
"Cirillo, Wally (Wallace Joseph)" .
Reclams Jazzführer [Reclam's Jazz Guide ] (in German) (Fifth ed.). Stuttgart: Phillipp Reclam. p. 80.
ISBN
0313296278 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
a
b
Ulanov, Barry (1986).
Tony Aless and his Long Island Suite (Media notes). Tony Aless. New York: Roost Records. RLP 2202. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
Feather, Leonard G. (1960).
"Tucker, George Andrew" .
The Encyclopedia of Jazz (Revised ed.). New York: Horizon Press. p. 466. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
Four Decades of Jazz: A Musical History of Xanadu (Media notes). Various artists. Hollywood, CA: Xanadu Records. 1978. Xanadu 5001. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive. {{
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link )
^ Gans, Charles J. (1978).
"Don Schlitten: Generating Xanadu's Treasures" .
Jazz Forum . No. 52 (International ed.). Vienna: International Jazz Federation. pp. 29–32. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^
Cheatham, Jeannie (April 2021).
"Trail of Two Trombones" . San Diego Troubadour . San Diego, CA. Retrieved January 17, 2023 .
^
Ind, Peter (June 22, 2005).
"Billy Bauer: Innovate jazz guitarist" .
The Independent . No. 5828. London. p. 36.
ISSN
0951-9467 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^
Drummer Delights: Jazz Band Music Minus One Drummer (Media notes). The Sonny Truitt Quintet/Octet. New York: Music Minus One. 1961. MMO 4004. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive. {{
cite AV media notes }}
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link )
^ Barnhart, Stephen L. (2000).
"Chapin, James 'Jim' " .
Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary (Revised ed.). Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 63.
ISBN
0313296278 . Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive.