Frank Signorelli
{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Frank Signorelli
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| birth_date = May 24 1901
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|12|09|1901|05|24}}
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
|instrument = Piano
| genre= Jazz music
| past_member_of = Original Memphis Five
}}
Frank Signorelli (May 24, 1901 – December 9, 1975){{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2263}} was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Signorelli was born to an Italian Sicilian family in New York City, New York.{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Classic Jazz: Third Ear - the Essential Listening Companion|date=2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781617744860|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1SBuNFZolAC&q=%22Frank+Signorelli%22&pg=PA208|access-date=20 April 2017|language=en}}Scott Yanow, [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p125152/biography|pure_url=yes}} Frank Signorelli] at AllMusic
Signorelli was a founding member of the Original Memphis Five{{cite news|last1=Laffler|first1=William D.|title=Record Review|newspaper=Redlands Daily Facts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3731466/redlands_daily_facts/|agency=Redlands Daily Facts|date=July 17, 1957|location=California, Redlands|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 29, 2015}} {{Open access}} in 1917, then joined the Original Dixieland Jazz Band briefly in 1921. In 1927, he played in Adrian Rollini's New York ensemble, and subsequently worked with Eddie Lang, Bix Beiderbecke, Matty Malneck and Paul Whiteman. In 1935 he was part of Dick Stabile's All-America "Swing" Band.{{cite news|title=(Lakewood ad)|newspaper=The Plain Speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3407779/the_plain_speaker/|agency=The Plain Speaker|date=April 15, 1936|page=18|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 13, 2015}} {{Open access}} In 1936-38, he played in the revived version of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. He recorded with Phil Napoleon in 1946 and with Miff Mole in 1958.
Compositions
As a songwriter, Signorelli composed "'I'll Never Be The Same" (initially called "Little Buttercup" by Joe Venuti's Blue Four), "Gypsy", recorded by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, "Caprice Futuristic", "Evening", "Anything", "Bass Ale Blues", "Great White Way Blues", "Park Avenue Fantasy", "Sioux City Sue" (1924), "Shufflin' Mose", "Stairway to the Stars",{{cite news|last1=Little|first1=Paul|title=Needle in the Groove|newspaper=Arlington Heights Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3731280/arlington_heights_herald/|agency=Arlington Heights Herald|date=June 27, 1957|location=Illinois, Arlington Heights|page=36|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 29, 2015}} {{Open access}} and "A Blues Serenade", recorded by Signorelli in 1926, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in 1935 and Duke Ellington's version in 1938.
Death
References
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External links
- [https://syncopatedtimes.com/frank-signorelli-1901-1975/ Frank Signorelli (1901–1975)] at Red Hot Jazz Archive
- [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102477 Frank Signorelli recordings] at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
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Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:American jazz musicians
Category:20th-century American musicians
Category:The Dorsey Brothers members