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Guitarist/Vocalist of the Great American Songbook |
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| Location: | NEW YORK, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Apr 11, 2008 (622 days back) |
About Me |
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| .. John Pizzarelli, one of the most celebrated performers bringing popular standards to a new generation, will release a very special recording on Telarc International. His new album, Dear Mr. Sinatra, pays homage to Frank Sinatra, perhaps the greatest entertainer of all time, by focusing on songs that were specifically written for Ol Blue Eyes. Early in his career, Pizzarelli opened for Sinatra on tour. His father, the jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, played on many of Sinatras seminal recordings. Dear Mr. Sinatra is in many ways the most personal of all the Sinatra tributes available. The new disc, featuring The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, is due at retail on July 18, 2006.Dear Mr. Sinatra, the singer and guitarists first-ever Sinatra album, follows Pizzarellis highly-acclaimed tributes to Nat King Cole (Dear Mr. Cole and P.S. Mr. Cole), Antonio Carlos Jobim (Bossa Nova) and The Beatles (John Pizzarelli Meets The Beatles). Frank has always been one of my main musical influences. I love the way he transforms himself from song to song, says Pizzarelli. In the early 1990s, I was honored to open for him with my quartet in Europe and around the States. Frank would appear in the wings during our final number, swinging and clapping and smiling. He would come onstage and cheer for us. It was an honor to play with him, and we were thrilled he enjoyed our music.We made a conscious effort to pick songs that lent themselves well to the jazz idiom, Pizzarelli continues. We wanted our CD to be less conventional than other Sinatra tributes. Many of the songs we chose were written for him and went on to become standards, rather than songs that he merely performed.Dear Mr. Sinatra is Pizzarellis first major recording with The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, even though he has known John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton for over 20 years. Fresh off the smash success of Christmas Songs, their collaboration with jazz superstar Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestras scintillating performances and word-class arrangements add to the cohesiveness of the record.Many selections come from the men Sinatra considered his own personal songwriters, such as Ring-a-Ding Ding, the rarely-recorded song by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. Ring-a-Ding-Ding was something that Frank would say all the time, says Pizzarelli. So he asked Sammy to write a song using the phrase. These words were just part of their vocabulary.This collection includes several unique performances. Nice n Easy, written by Lew Spence and Alan & Marilyn Bergman, features a new set of lyrics never recorded by Sinatra or anyone else (the new lyrics will be performed by Mr. Bergman himself on an upcoming album). The classic In the Wee Small Hours features a special arrangement by Quincy Jones originally written for Sinatra and the Count Basie Band. They performed it for two nights in Chicago, but it was never recorded. Pizzarelli discovered the chart after legendary radio personality Jonathan Schwartz recommended it for a recent tribute to Mr. Jones.Witchcraft was included after Pizzarelli heard a story about how Sinatra originally selected it. Sinatra was over at Cy Colemans house listening to demo records one day, he says. Whats at the top of the pile? asks Frank. Oh thats nothing, Cy replies, I have much better stuff down further. No, no, just play the one at top of the pile. He discovered the now familiar song then and there, which led to the famous recording. This arrangement was written for Pizzarellis big band by Don Sebesky as a nod to Coleman after the composers sudden passing in 2004. Pizzarelli recorded the song Cant We Be Friends? as an homage to the late guitar innovator George Van Eps. A pioneer who first invented the concept of the seven-string guitar, Van Eps played on Sinatras original recording of the song. Bucky Pizzarelli, who played not only with Sinatra, but with Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and many major orchestras, takes Van Eps part on this version.Other songs come from Pizzarellis favorite Sinatra records: I See Your Face Before Me (from In the Wee Small Hours), You Make Me Feel So Young (from Sinatra at the Sands), How About You? and Ive Got You Under My Skin (from Songs For Swingin Lovers), If I Had You (from Songs from Great Britain) and Yes Sir, Thats My Baby (from Strangers in the Night). Dear Mr. Sinatra, recorded over three days in Los Angeles, is Pizzarellis seventh release for Telarc.John Pizzarellis Dear Mr. Sinatra (CD-83638) is due at retail on July 18, 2006. | |
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Music:Member Since: 6/16/2006Band Website: johnpizzarelli.com/ Band Members: The John Pizzarelli Quartet are: John Pizzarelli - guitars and vocals Ray Kennedy -- piano Martin Pizzarelli -- bass Tony Tedesco -- drumsThe Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra is: John Clayton -- conductor and bass Jeff Clayton -- lead alto saxophone, clarinet Jeff Hamilton -- drums Keith Fiddmont -- alto saxophone, clarinet Rickey Woodard -- tenor saxophone, clarinet Charles Owens -- tenor saxophone, clarinet Lee Callet -- baritone saxophone, clarinet Bijon Watson -- lead trumpet Sal Cracchiolo -- trumpet Gilbert Castellanos -- trumpet Bobby Rodriguez -- trumpet James Ford -- trumpet Ira Nepus -- lead trombone George Bohanon -- trombone Ryan Porter -- trombone Robbie Hioki -- bass trombone Maurice Spears -- bass trombone Tamir Hendelman -- piano Chistoph Luty -- bass John "Bucky" Pizzarelli -- guitar Influences: John Pizzarelli has cultivated a winning international career by singing classic standards and late-night ballads, and by playing sublime and inventive guitar. Using greats like Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra and the songs of writers like Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen as touchstones, Pizzarelli is among the prime revivalists of the great American songbook, bringing to his work the cool jazz flavor of his brilliant guitar playing. Sounds Like: Frank Sinatra Record Label: Telarc Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz) |
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John Pizzarelli On Legends Of Jazz |
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| Catch John Pizarelli appearing on Legends of Jazz, airing on local PBS stations. The 13-week season coincides with National Jazz Appreciation Month and will be featuring intimate conversations and or... Posted by John Pizzarelli on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:45:00 PST |
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