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Lou Lanza

Lou Lanza is a Philadelphia native who thrives on the cultural and musical heritage of that city. Lou has music in his genes - an opera singer grandfather, a classical violinist father, and a pianist, organist & music teaching mother. His jazz influence came from another of his relatives, Vince Trombetta, a saxophonist & arranger who served as musical director of The Mike Douglas Show. Lou’s music teachers include Jimmy Bruno and Larry McKenna. His live performances in Philadelphia, New York, and Atlantic City have earned him the admiration of many industry professionals including Bootsie Barnes, Henry Mancini, & Tony Bennett. Some of Lou’s CDs include: the road not taken (C.A.B. Records), corner pocket (J-Bird Records), Shadows and Echoes (Challenge Records), and opening Doors, A Jazz Tribute to The Doors and An Intimate Portrait in Blue (to be released next spring). Lou has appeared in a series jazz related of spots on BET, will be listed among the top 500! jazz vocalists of all time in The Jazz Singers by critic/author Scott Yanow (to be published by Backbeat Books), was voted among the top five male jazz vocalists of 2003 in the Brazil Press Tribune, won the poll in 2005 for opening Doors: A Jazz Tribute To The Doors, and placed 2nd in 2006 for An Intimate Portrait In Blue, which also placed in the top 10 albums of the year.

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Lou Lanza: Scenes from an Italian: The Billy Joel Project

Read "Scenes from an Italian: The Billy Joel Project" reviewed by Jim Olin


Lou Lanza is a charismatic jazz artist with a unique approach to his creativity. His 2018 album Scenes from an Italian: The Billy Joel Project is not about original songs, but it is actually about offering an original spin on the tunes of one of the most beloved songwriters of all time: Billy Joel.Through his tasteful jazz arrangements, laced with subtle melodies and sophisticated grooves, Lanza set out to uncover the true core of Joel's infectious hooks, revealing ...

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Lou Lanza: Opening Doors: A Jazz Tribute to the Doors

Read "Opening Doors: A Jazz Tribute to the Doors" reviewed by Paul Olson


Jazz tribute albums to pop and rock groups pop up like dandelions year after year. They're almost always a terrible idea--listened to your copy of Basie's Beatle Bag lately?--but someone must be buying them, or musicians would stop doing them.

Opening Doors: a Jazz Tribute to the Doors seems upon first examination to be even more ill-conceived than most of these sorts of affairs. Love them or hate them, it's extremely difficult to separate the Doors' music from, ...

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