Tony Fruscella Catalog

1948 (age 21)

Tony Fruscella - Debut   Spotlite (E) SPJ 126   1981

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Chick Maures, alto sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Dave Troy, drums.

Vocarium Studios, NYC, December 10, 1948

Foo's
Flues
Oh Yeah
Little Orgg
Out Of Nowhere
Flues
Little Orgg
Out Of Nowhere

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Bill Triglia, piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Art Mardigan, drums.

Open Door, NYC, circa mid 1953

Bernie's Tune
Loverman
Night In Tunisia

1952

Kai Winding, Tony Fruscella, Sam Most - Bebop Revisited Vol. 3   Xanadu 172   1981

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Herb Geller, alto sax; Phil Urso, tenor sax; Gene Allen, baritone sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Howie Mann, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 16, 1952

P.U. Stomp
Darn That Dream
Tangerine
Loo-padoo

Tony Fruscella - Brooklyn Jam 1952   Marshmallow (J) MYCJ-30124   2001

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Charlie Kennedy, alto sax; Gene DiNovi, piano; Joe Schulman, bass; Billy Exiner, drums.

Gene DiNovi's house, Brooklyn, NY, 1952

All The Things You Are
Idaho

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Gene DiNovi, piano; Joe Schulman, bass; Billy Exiner, drums.

Donna Lee
Johnny Mandel Tune

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Gene DiNovi, piano.

Over The Rainbow
Blue Lester

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Gene DiNovi, piano; Joe Schulman, bass; Buddy Lazza, drums.

Minor Blues

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Gene DiNovi, piano; Red Mitchell, bass; Harold Granowski, drums.

Broadway
Srike Up The Band

1953

Tony Fruscella And Brew Moore - Fru'n Brew   Spotlite (E) SPJ 151   1981

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Brew Moore, tenor sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Art Mardigan, drums.

Open Door, NYC, circa mid 1953

Sometimes I'm Happy
Blue Lester
Hackensack
Imagination
Donna

Charlie Parker - "More Unissued" Vol. 2   Royal Jazz (D) RJD 506   1990

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Davey Schildkraut or Charlie Parker, alto sax; Bill Triglia, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums.

Tony Fruscella's home, NYC, 1953

You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Now's The Time
Emanon

1955

Tony Fruscella   Atlantic LP 1220   1955

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Chauncey Welsch, trombone; Allen Eager, tenor sax; Danny Bank, baritone sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Bill Anthony, bass; Junior Bradley, drums.

Capitol Studios, NYC, March 29, 1955

1466Muy
1467Salt

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Allen Eager, tenor sax #1-5,7; Bill Triglia, piano; Bill Anthony, bass; Junior Bradley, drums.

Capitol Studios, NYC, April 1, 1955

1. 1469Metropolitan Blues
2. 1470Raintree County
3. 1471Blue Serenade
4. 1472Old Hat
5. 1473His Master's Voice
6. 1474I'll Be Seeing You
7. 1475Let's Play The Blues

Al "Jazzbo" Collins Presents The East Coast Jazz Scene Vol. 1   Coral CRL 57035   1955

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.

Pythian Temple, NYC, November 7, 1955

88973Tony's Blues

1959 (age 32)

Tony Fruscella Quintet/Davey Schildkraut Quintet - Bebop Is Where It's At Vol. 1   Honey Dew HD-6609   1977

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Phil Woods, alto sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Roy Hall, drums.

Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ, November, 1959

Night In Tunisia

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Bill Keck, guitar.

August 3, 1969

Lover Man

Tony Fruscella Quintet/Davey Schildkraut Quintet - Bebop Is Where It's At Vol. 2   Honey Dew HD-6610   1977

Tony Fruscella, trumpet; Phil Woods, alto sax; Bill Triglia, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Roy Hall, drums.

Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ, November, 1959

Night Train
Scrapple From The Apple