[Dixielandjazz] From the Village Voice - 1963

[Stephen G Barbone]

Sal Pace passed away a while back. He was born in 1910.

But his musical legacy lives on. BTW, in addition to Pee Wee Erwin,  
Sal played with Charlie Spivak, Phil Napoleon and Louis Armstrong. He  
also appeared in a couple of movies, Follow The Boys, and Pin-Up Girl.  
He also subbed for me in Kenny Butterfield's Beale Street Stompers,  
two weeks in the late 50s when I went on a sailboat vacation with  
Charlie Traeger. Sal had very kindly become a friend/mentor, inviting  
me to sit in at Nick's a few times when I was first learning how to  
play jazz.

His son, Gary Pace is a jazz pianist as well as musical director with  
several plays and other events in NYC to his credit. His  
granddaughter, Gary's daughter Jennifer Pace, is a singer and actress  
in NYC. She has performed at The Village Gate, and other well known  
venues in NYC. Her repertoire includes Dixieland numbers if anyone is  
looking for a good looking chick singer. She has also done some shows  
on the music of Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney.

Sal Pace was a wonderful guy, solid clarinet and Sax player.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband


On May 19, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Marek Boym wrote:

>> Sal Pace,
>
> Now, Sol Pace is a name hardly ever mentioned anywhere!  He was (is -
> he looked so young on those old LP covers) a very good clarinet
> player, whom i've only heard with Pee Wee Erwin.  I also saw Pace in a
> documentary on jazz in New York, shot by Ben Hellerman (it was in
> Ben's apartment in London, where he resided at the time, after leaving
> Israel) - again with Pee Wee Erwin, looking about half the age of the
> others.
>
> I'm glad to see him mentioned.  Does anybody know whatever's  
> happened to him?
>
> Cheers