Mike Mosiello
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| Birth name | Michele Alphonso Mosiello |
| Born | December 2, 1896 |
| Origin | Frasso Telesino, Italy |
| Died | June 3, 1953 (aged 56) |
| Genres | Jazz, popular music |
| Instruments | trumpet |
| Associated acts | Nat Shilkret, Vincent Lopez, Andy Sannella, Charles Magnante |
Mike Mosiello (full name Michele Alphonso Mosiello) (December 2, 1896 – June 3, 1953) was an Italian-born American trumpet player.
Mosiello was born in Frasso Telesino in Italy into a musical family. His father, Tobia Mosiello, played the clarinet and his godfather was a trumpet player and bandleader. At the age of two Mike and his family migrated to the United States, settling in New York City. Here young Mike took up trumpet playing around the age of six.
During World War I Mosiello enlisted as a military musician in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in Europe. Back in New York after the war he seriously began a career as a professional musician.
Mosiello played with the orchestras of several famous bandleaders, among them Vincent Lopez. He was however one of the most prolific studio musicians of the 1920s, appearing on hundreds of records, often adding a jazz flavor to many contemporary Tin Pan Alley hits. His most important recordings as a "hot" soloist were probably those made for Victor under the direction of Nathaniel Shilkret, and his countless sides made for the cut-rate Grey Gull company (Grey Gull, Radiex, Van Dyke, Madison, etc.). Mosiello seems to have been something of the leader of the latter company's studio band and recorded several compositions of his own with this group (see below). Among his most frequent co-musicians on these recordings (and on many made for other labels and bandleaders as well) were reedman and guitarist Andy Sannella and accordionist Charles Magnante. Sannella, in an interview shortly before his death, spoke very highly of Mosiello's skills as a musician.
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