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Pizzarelli/Moore/Frigo/Alden: Hot Club of 52nd Street

Read "Hot Club of 52nd Street" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Conceived by label owner David Chesky as a followup to last season's Four Generations of Miles , this project features four musicians who embody the spirit of post-war swing music but also play with equal skill and enthusiasm in the bebop genre. Chesky did not want to make this into a Django Reinhardt nostalgia piece replete with transcribed solos, etc.

As the session unfolds, there is a natural affinity towards the Reinhardt-Grappelli Hot Club with similar instrumentation and ...

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Acclaimed Guitarist/Vocalist John Pizzarelli Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of His Debut Album With A Collection Of Classic Songs From Broadway And Hollywood

Acclaimed Guitarist/Vocalist John Pizzarelli Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of His Debut Album With A Collection Of Classic Songs From Broadway And Hollywood

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

US / Canada Tour Begins April 25 in NYC with a week at Birdland World-renowned guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli has dedicated many of his albums to the great songwriters and performers who have helped to establish the Great American Songbook and the pop music canon: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Richard Rodgers, and Duke Ellington, to name a few. With his new album, Pizzarelli and his remarkable new trio cast a wider net to explore other sources ...

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John Pizzarelli Plays Pat Metheny

John Pizzarelli Plays Pat Metheny

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

This album shouldn't work. One superb artist recording the music of another usually happens many years after the subject has passed away. But John Pizzarelli's new album, Better Days Ahead: Solo Guitar Takes on Pat Metheny, works beyond your wildest dreams. It's as if John said to himself, “Why not now?" And he's right. The idea of taking on Metheny's compositions and doing so alone is about as beautiful a tribute as one can imagine. Add the fact that John ...

Video / DVD

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catherine Russell & John Pizzarelli pay tribute to "Billie & Blue Eyes"

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catherine Russell & John Pizzarelli pay tribute to "Billie & Blue Eyes"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Today, StLJN's video spotlight shines on singer Catherine Russell and singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli, who are coming to St. Louis to present their show “Billie & Blue Eyes" starting Wednesday, May 22 through Sunday, May 26 at Jazz St. Louis. Both Russell and Pizzarelli are well-known as headliners in their own right, with Pizzarelli being a particular local favorite thanks to multiple St. Louis appearances over the last couple of decades. They first joined forces last year to create ...

Performance / Tour

Jazz this week: John Pizzarelli, Sammy Miller and the Congregation, a tribute to Thelonious Monk, and more

Jazz this week: John Pizzarelli, Sammy Miller and the Congregation, a tribute to Thelonious Monk, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes the St. Louis debut of an up-and-coming young band; a tribute to a distinctive jazz composer and pianist; the return of a longtime local favorite for a benefit performance; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, October 25 Pianist Adam Maness, bassist Bob DeBoo and drummer Montez Coleman will salute one of the greatest composers in jazz in the first of two nights of a “Thelonious Monk ...

Festival

2016 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival to feature John Pizzarelli, tribute to Maynard Ferguson

2016 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival to feature John Pizzarelli, tribute to Maynard Ferguson

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The 2016 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival is set for Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and will feature guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli on Friday and a tribute to the late trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on Saturday. Pizzarelli (pictured) is a frequent visitor to St. Louis who played here most recently in July at the Sheldon in a fundraiser for the the family of pianist Ray Kennedy. His latest album Midnight McCartney, which ...

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John Pizzarelli & Daniel Jobim Return To Café Carlyle With "Strictly Bossa Nova II"

John Pizzarelli & Daniel Jobim Return To Café Carlyle With "Strictly Bossa Nova II"

Source: Matt Gross

Café Carlyle is pleased to welcome back guitarist John Pizzarelli, who just performed a sold- out, critically lauded show with wife Jessica Molaskey which TIME placed on their list of 2014’s Ten Best Plays & Musicals. He will premiere Strictly Bossa Nova II, a new concert of bossa nova music featuring the Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist Daniel Jobim, grandson of the seminal Antonio Carlos Jobim, April 21-May 2, 2015. Of their previous engagement, Will Friedwald of the Wall Street Journal ...

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Café Carlyle Announces Spring Season With John Pizzarelli, Lena Hall, Alan Cumming, Megan Hilty + More

Café Carlyle Announces Spring Season With John Pizzarelli, Lena Hall, Alan Cumming, Megan Hilty + More

Source: Matt Gross

THE CARLYLE, A ROSEWOOD HOTEL ANNOUNCES CAFÉ CARLYLE SPRING 2015 SEASON Including Venue Debuts of Alan Cumming and Lena Hall; Along With Return of Audience Favorites Megan Hilty, Judy Collins and John Pizzarelli with Daniel Jobim The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel is pleased to announce the Café Carlyle’s spring 2015 season, which will feature some of Broadway’s biggest stars, including the venue debuts of Alan Cumming and Lena Hall, and the highly anticipated return of Megan Hilty. The season will ...

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Jazz This Week: Fuller, Jones and Wolf; "Swing Xing" with Bucky Pizzarelli; Jazz in Pink; and More

Jazz This Week: Fuller, Jones and Wolf; "Swing Xing" with Bucky Pizzarelli; Jazz in Pink; and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features two different all-star groups of visiting musicians, a return visit from one of the more prominent all-female ensembles in jazz, and a number of noteworthy shows from local bands and players. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, saxophonist Tia Fuller (pictured), who's in town for a Jazz St. Louis educational residency and weekend gig at Jazz at the Bistro, will present a free workshop and performance at Saxquest; ...

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Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Trip to "Swing Xing" with Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Trip to "Swing Xing" with Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

If you enjoy jazz guitar played in a traditional style, today's post might be right up your alley, as we feature not one, not two, but three guitarists - Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo - who will be performing together in a show called “Swing Xing: Three Generations of Jazz Guitar" next Saturday, November 15 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Pizzarelli, who will turn 89 in January, is of course one of the elder statesmen on his instrument, ...

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Review: John Pizzarelli at Jazz at the Bistro

Review: John Pizzarelli at Jazz at the Bistro

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Calling John Pizzarelli a throwback to the days when jazz still was considered popular entertainment might sound like a veiled compliment, but it's not. For one thing, it takes a great deal of skill to not only play the guitar as well as he does, but also to sing, tell funny stories, and keep a crowd's attention over the course of a 75-minute set. Pizzarelli did all these during the second set on Thursday, October 23 at Jazz at the ...

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