The festival of living art guitarist2/19/2023 ![]() She was one of a kind, elegant, gorgeous and fun. ![]() She loved her parents and sister and brother. She loved her hometown of Waldwick and sometimes after meals at The Cathay restaurant on Franklin Turnpike, she would drive around and show us where she grew up. She was a Jersey Girl before the term was fashionable. She had two autographed pictures from Frank Sinatra and even got to kiss him once! She loved Dick Haymes’s record of The More I See You. I remember a van ride across Florida with a Music of Your Life station playing and she named every singer. She raised us to be polite, to dress well and could not have been more supportive of our desires. ![]() She attended the little league games, drove us all to lessons, attended concerts, recitals and prepared meals that we still talk about. She was the best Mommy and held together the fort of 4 headstrong kids and a man with a passion for the guitar that was unending. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 PURCHASEĪ week to the day after my father, Bucky, passed at 94, my mother, Ruth, passed away. Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat Meat) 11. The 6-panel CD digipak includes artist photos and an artist note. John will be touring a celebration of Nat King Cole’s music for his centennial in 2019. While plenty of jazz greats have influenced his work, Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25 years. Now he honors the legendary singer Nat King Cole with a selection of his classics. Ghostlight Records 2019 A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF NAT KING COLE World-renowned guitarist and singer JOHN PIZZARELLI has established himself as a prime contemporary interpreter of the Great American Songbook and beyond, with a repertoire that includes Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and the Beatles. But there was something extraordinary in the sound of just the two guitars and I was determined to keep that sound at the center of the whole project.” – James Taylor My usual MO is to show my changes to a piano player, who takes the arrangement to the band. We had way too much fun but managed to record a couple of basic keepers each day for two weeks in the Fall of 2017. These introductions are often left out when people cover the standards but we kept as many as we could for the novelty of it. Several of them begin with what used to be called verses: a few bars, often out of time, to ramp into the tune. I’d show him what changes I had found for a handful of songs and we’d work up the arrangements. I asked John to come out to Western Massachusetts, where I live and do my recording in a big barn in the middle of the forest, to help me put down some tracks. ![]() Like his father, Bucky, he is a master guitarist and a casual, matter-of-fact genius. Pre-order the album here: “My collaborator, John Pizzarelli, is a living encyclopedia of the best popular music that the West has ever produced. Recorded in James's home studio, TheBarn, and produced by Dave O'Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James, American Standard includes James re-imagining some of the 20th century's most beloved songs and making them his own. Guitar in the hands of master musicians such as Jacob Cordover. “ demonstrated how much poetry and feeling can be obtained from the Critics have equally praised his performances of J.S. Cordover actively programs music from the Baroque to contemporary audiences are as familiar seeing him give world premieres as performing forgotten 19th century gems on period instruments. With works by Andrew York, Toru Takemitsu, Salvador Brotons, Robert de Visée amongst others.Ĭomfortable performing a wide range of musical styles, Mr. This beautiful program dances between stillness and exuberance and flows naturally through pieces from different eras, styles, and characters. Personality that it will be worth finding” (American Record Guide)įollowing two years of pandemic, and amidst an ever-increasingly unstable world, this program is a selection of music that creates an atmosphere for people to enjoy a joyous evening together and one that Jacob hopes will put a peaceful energy into the world. These pieces in other performances, Cordover’s have such a distinct and attractive “He has it all-technique, musicianship, inventive programming. ![]()
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