01/16/2012 - 20:53: Jack DeSalvo contributes to several new Unseen Rain recordings produced by Bruce Ditmas including playing cello, mandola and classical guitar on the tentatively titled *LION HEARTED with Herb Kloss on flute and Tom Cabrera on percussion and the on the second recording he plays electric guitar on Pat Hall's *KERNEL PANIC, the soon-to-be released electronica/trance/free-jazz project featuring bassist Joe Gallant and Bruce Ditmas on drums, electronic percussion and keyboards.

Jack also plays electric guitar on Chris Kelsey's upcoming release on Engine Records with music inspired by Miles' 70s period.

07/06/2011 - 15:28: Jack on more releases on the *UNSEEN RAIN record label:

*STUTCHES teams saxophonist Chris Kelsey with two other master jazz improvisers: Tabla player and drummer/percussionist Tom Tedesco and multi-instrumentalist Jack DeSalvo on banjo, mandolin and various guitars. *STUTCHES is filled with inventive humor and virtuosic intensity.

Traversing the borderlands of the jazz tradition from a modernist perspective, the Tom DeSteno Trio offers their new recording *CORIOLIS SKY, that includes music by Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington and Jack DeSalvo.

Downloads in high-definition loss-less flac format downloads as well as mp3 downloads of *STUTCHES and *CORIOLIS SKY are available exclusively on mEyeFi.com.

Additional recordings on UNSEEN RAIN featuring Jack DeSalvo include:
*OVER THE EDGE with Sam Morrison - soprano sax and flute, Jack DeSalvo - guitar, Tony DeCicco - contra-bass and Bruce Ditmas - drums.
*RIVER ROAD with Dan Willis on saxophones, Jack DeSalvo on guitars and mandolin, Lee Marvin on contra-bass and Jon Berger on drums and percussion.
*TALES OF COMING HOME with Tom Cabrera - frame drums and percussion, Jack DeSalvo - acoustic guitar, 12-string slide guitar and mandolin.
*JUBILANT RAIN with solo improvisations on classical guitar.
*PRAMANTHA with solo steel-string acoustic guitar compositions.
*SUDDEN MOVES with Chris Kelsey - soprano saxophone, Jack DeSalvo - guitar, Peter Herbert - contra-bass and Bruce Ditmas - drums.

Along with Bruce Ditmas, Jack produced a new recording *HAPPY HOUSE featuring the music of Ornette Coleman with a Quartet that includes Chris Kelsey - straight alto and soprano saxophone, Pat Hall - trombone, Joe Gallant - bass and Dean Sharp - drums

Jack and Bruce produced a recording of improvised music with Steve Cohn - piano, Chris Kelsey - saxophones, Tony DeCicco - contra-bass and Bruce Ditmas - drums called *COWBOY FILM SCHOOL


Links:
• http//www.unseenrainrecords.com
• http//www.meyefi.com

07/06/2011 - 15:27: Jack has two blogs, COMPOSING FOR IMPROVISERS and GUITAR AND OTHER ENIGMAS.
Links:
• http://jackdesalvomusic.blogspot.com/
• http://jackdesalvo.blogspot.com/

01/17/2011 - 11:15:
Links:
• http://www.unseenrainrecords.com
• http://www.meyefi.com