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American jazz saxophonist (alto, baritone), born November 18, 1915, Milford, Massachusetts, died September 23, 1967, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. He is the brother of Ben Mussulli.

Nicknames: The Music Man from Milford,” “Mr. Jazz,” and the “Little Big Man” or Boots.

ALBUMS

Serge Chaloff And Boots Mussulli

Serge and Boots

2008, CD, Mono, RE, Muzak, Inc.

June Christy Featuring Bob Cooper, Kai Winding, Boots Mussulli, Gene Roland, Dave Barbour, Pete Rugolo, Ray Wetzel, Buddy Cole, Eddie Safranski

1991, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Various Featuring Vido Musso, Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski, Boots Mussulli, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne

Serge Chaloff and Boots Mussulli featuring Russ Freeman

George Wein Presents

Boots Mussulli, The Boots Mussulli Quartet

The Alto Sax Of Boots Mussulli (Part One)

1954, 7", EP, Mono, Capitol Records

Serge* And Boots* Featuring Russ Freeman

Serge & Boots Plays The Fable Of Mabel

7", EP, Red, Storyville (3), Storyville (3),

Serge* And Boots* Featuring Russ Freeman

Serge & Boots Plays The Fable Of Mabel

7", EP, Red, Storyville (3), Storyville (3)

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

AFRS Jubilee Recordings

2011, CD, Sounds Of Yester Year,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Live Hits And Rarities

2001, CDr, Comp, Status,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Transcription Performances Vol. 2

1999, CD, Album, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3),

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Live From The Pasadena Civic Auditorium And Other Venues 1943-1944

1998, CD, Album, Status,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Transcription Performances 1945-46

1997, CD, Mono, RE, RM, Hep Records (3),

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Uncollected 1945-1947 Vol. 5

1997, CD, Comp, RE, Hindsight Records (2),

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Concert In Miniature Encores 1952-53)

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 5, 1945-1947

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Artistry In Kenton

1979, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Artistry In Kenton

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 3, 1943-1944

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 4, 1944-1945

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Live Sessions 1942/1945

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Artistry Of Kenton

1961, 7", EP, Mono, Capitol Records,

The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra

Life Is A Many Splendored Gig

The Serge Chaloff Sextet

Boston Blow-Up! Part 2

1955, 7", EP, Capitol Records

The Serge Chaloff Sextet

Boston Blow-Up, Part 1

The Serge Chaloff Sextet

Boston Blow-Up! Part 3

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

It's All Bop To Me

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

It's All Bop To Me

The Serge Chaloff Sextet

Boston Blow-Up!

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

For Boppers Only

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

High On An Open Mike

The Boots Mussulli Quartet

The Boots Mussulli Quartet

Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

Tea For Two / Lotus Blue

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

Charlie Ventura And His Orchestra

Yankee Clipper / Boptura

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Peg O' My Heart / Intermission Riff

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Come Back To Sorrento / Artistry In Percussion

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Balboa Bash / The Peanut Vendor

1948, Shellac, 10", Telefunken, Capitol Records,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Don't Want That Man Around / Harlem Holiday

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Intermission Riff / Minor Riff

1948, Shellac Scranton pressing,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Soothe Me / Lover

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

His Feet's Too Big For De Bed

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

His Feet Too Big For De Bed / After You

1947, Shellac, 10", Scr, Capitol Records,

Vido Musso And His Orchestra

Vido In A Mist / Gone With Vido

1947, Shellac, 10", Trilon

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Concerto To End All Concertos

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

There Is No Greater Love / Across The Alley From The Alamo

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Machito / Collaboration

Theme/Easy Listening

Vido Musso And His Orchestra

On The Mercury / Vido's Bop

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Rika Jika Jack / Artistry In Boogie

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Artistry In Percussion / Ain't No Misery In Me

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Artistry In Rhythm

1946, 4x Shellac,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Intermission Riff / It's A Pity To Say Goodnight

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Painted Rhythm / Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Are You Livin' Old Man

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

How High The Moon / Balboa Bash

Shellac, 10", Single, Capitol Records

The Boots Mussulli Quartet

7", Single, Capitol Records,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

The Peanut Vendor / Intermission Riff

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Every Time We Say Goodbye / Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour Blues

The Serge Chaloff Sextet

Boston Blow-up!

1958, LP, Mono, Capitol Records

APPEARANCES +

Blue Serge + Boston Blow-Up!

2012, CD, Album, Comp, Essential Jazz Classics

2011, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Herb Pomeroy And His Orchestra*

2010, CD, Comp, RM, 24 , Fresh Sound Records,

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

2007, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Stan Kenton And His Orchestras*

All Time Greatest Hits

2007, 2xCD, Album, Sounds Of Yester Year

2005, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Afro-Cuban Jazz

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Quadromania,

Big Band/Swing/Contemporary Jazz

The Progressive Years 1941-1947

2005, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends,

Serge Chaloff Featuring Sonny Clark

Blue Serge + Boston Blow Up

2004, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Definitive Records (2)

Painted Rhythm - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 5 1944-1945

2004, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends,

Eager Beaver - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 4 1944

2003, CD, RE, Naxos Jazz Legends

Charlie Ventura

Bop For The People

2002, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Swing/Bop/Big Band

Volume 5 - 1944-1945 (Complete Edition)

2002, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Classic Jazz: The Forties

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Charlie Ventura

2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

"Artistry In Kenton" Vol. 1-3 1937-1946

2001, 3xCD, Jazz Unlimited, A Swing House Production,

2001, CD, Comp, Newsound 2000

Charlie Ventura

2000, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Artistry In Rhythm

2000, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Proper Records (2)

The Stan Kenton Story

The Mosaic Sampler

1999, CD, Comp, Smplr, Mosaic Records (2), Blue Note

Peggy Lee & June Christy

The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions

1998, 5xCD + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Swing/Big Band/Schlager/Vocal

"From Coast To Coast" (Live At The Cafe Rouge & Hollywood Palladium 1945)

1998, CD, Jazz Unlimited

The Jazz Year - 1946

1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Topaz Jazz,

Volume 1 - Teenage Stan - 1943-1946 - Complete Edition

1997, CD, Comp, Média 7

The Grand Encounter

Rendezvous Of Standards And Classics

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, EMI, EMI, Music For Pleasure,

The Original Jazz Masters Series Volume Four

1995, 5xCD, Comp, Da Music, Black Lion,

The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings Of Stan Kenton 1943-47

Plays The Fable Of Mabel

The Best Of Stan Kenton

The Original Jazz Masters Series Volume Two

1993, Box, Comp + 5xCD, Da Music, Black Lion Records,

Swing/Big Band/Hard Bop/Bop

1993, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Philology

The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions

Supreme Saxophone

1992, CD, Comp, Mono, Premier Jazz, Premier Jazz,

The Beat Generation

1992, 3x CD, Box Set,

Spoken Word/Bop/Field Recording/Big Band/Interview/Cool Jazz

Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection

Big Band/Latin Jazz/Swing/Post Bop/Vocal

Serge Chaloff 4 & 6

MCA Presents A Sampler Of Decca Jazz (1927-1949)

Festival Of Modern American Jazz

Big Bands: Stan Kenton

Le Favolose Big Bands

1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, Musica Jazz,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc,

The Great Big Bands (L'Age d'Or Des Grands Orchestres Américains)

1982, 2xLP, Comp, RE, Disques Festival

The Great Big Bands

1982, Box Set, 3x Vinyl,

1981, LP, Mono, Queen-disc,

June Christy And Friends

Nat King Cole, Stan Kenton

One Night Stand With Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton

1980, LP, Joyce

One Night Stand With Stan Kenton In 1950 Cavalcade Of Bands

1978, LP, Album, Joyce,

One Night Stand With Stan Kenton At The Cafe Rouge

1977, LP, Album, Joyce,

Introspection (Neglected Jazz Figures Of The 1950s And Early 1960s)

1977, Vinyl Gatefold,

One Night Stand With Vido Musso

1975, LP, Album, Joyce

Storyville Special –For Collectors Only–

1974, LP, Album, Mono, Storyville (3),

Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 3 The Forties / Vol. 4 The Fifties

1974, 2x Vinyl,

Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Post Bop/Swing

By Request, Volume III

1971, Vinyl Duophonic,

1965, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA Victor,

Die Entwicklung Des Jazz I: Vom Spiritual Zum Modern Jazz

Dixieland/Swing

Stan Kenton's Greatest Hits

Serge & Boots / Plays The Fable Of Mabel

Her Trio, Her Quartet

Boots Mussulli Quartet*

Gene Norman Presents Charlie Ventura

Charlie Ventura Septet*

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles / East Of Suez

Jam Session At Savoy

1953, 7", EP, RE, Savoy Records,

Gene Norman Presents Charlie Ventura Featuring The Charlie Ventura Septet, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral*

Gene Norman Presents A Charlie Ventura Concert

Stan Kenton's Milestones

Charles "Barron" Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs

He's Gone / Story Of Love

1949, 10", Fentone

Collectors' Items

1948, 4x Shellac,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Vido Musso's All Stars

Moose On A Loose / Vido In A Jam

1946, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records

Charlie Ventura Quartette* / Vido Musso Big Seven

Big Deal / My Jo-Ann

1946, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records,

Tenor Sax Stylists

1946, 4x Shellac,

Stan Kenton Und Sein Orchester*

Willow Weep For Me / Fantasy

One Night Stand

1945, Vinyl, 16", Transcription, War And Navy Departments, Armed Forces Radio Service

The History Of Jazz Vol. 4 - This Modern Age

The Jazz Compositions Of Stan Kenton

LP, Comp, Creative World,

Herb Pomeroy / Maynard Ferguson

Trumpets Out Front

2xLP, Comp, RE, Gat, Jazz Vogue,

Opus In Pastels

2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

Vido Musso, Maynard Ferguson, Eddie Safranski

Three Kenton's Be Boppers Groups 1947-1950

LP, Album, Unique Jazz, Unique Jazz,

The Kenton Era Part 2

LP, Comp, Mono, Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records,

Stan Kenton And His Orch.*, Anita O'Day, June Christy

Are You Livin' Old Man? / Ain’t No Misery In Me

Shellac, 10", Capitol Records

The Great Big Band On V-Disc

LP, Comp, Mono, DAN, V Disc,

Milford Youth Orchestra

Milford Youth Orchestra

LP, Album, Cori Records

Black Lion Master Collection 1800

CD, Comp, Smplr, Master Collection 1800

Anita O'Day / June Christy

The Stan Kenton Story

Vinyl Green Labels,

The Christy Years

The Lighter Side

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra*

Lover / Capitol Punishment

Boston - Jazz In Beantown / 1951-1955

2006, CD, Comp, Saga

Wie Man Mit Jazz Die Herzen Der Frauen Gewinnt

Swing/Bop/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz/Spoken Word/Audiobook/Chicago Blues/Gypsy Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Delta Blues/East Coast Blues/Country Blues/Piedmont Blues/Ragtime/Memphis Blues

Charlie Ventura

Original First Royal Roost Broadcast

LP, Mono, Unofficial, Big Molly,