Realia, undated

The collection documents Mosca’s career as a teacher, recording artist, and performer, including materials from every decade of Mosca’s career after 1950. His professional papers date primarily from the latter years of his career and include datebooks, correspondence, ephemera, album royalty and music publishing documents, music scores, lyrics, awards, and a ledger. The collection also includes a large quantity of audiovisual recordings spanning the decades from the 1950s until the 2000s. Formats include compact disc (CD), digital audio tape (DAT), VHS video cassette tape, digital video disc (DVD), audio cassette tape, and open reel audio tape. These include sound and video recordings featuring interviews with Sal Mosca and recordings of him in solo performance and performing with others. The most significant materials in the collection are the audio recordings, as they represent nearly the entirety of Mosca’s live and studio recording sessions. Roughly half of these recordings are digital CD copies made by Mosca’s frequent collaborator, bassist Don Messina, some of which were provided courtesy of musicians who performed with Mosca. The collection also includes Mosca’s beige cashmere jacket, which he regularly wore during performances in his later years and wears on the album covers for Sal Mosca: The Talk of the Town, Live at the Bimhuis; You Go to My Head; and Sal Mosca, Recital in Valahalla.