[Dixielandjazz] John Pizzarelli reviewed

[Harry Callaghan]

Bob:

I'll have to send you a copy of a tape I have of John being interviewed on
Jim Lowe's syndicated radio show where he tells of his first meeting with
Sinatra, who his trio fronted for during Frank's later years.

It is truly hilarious.

I know that he is a big fan of Nat "King" Cole and I believe that his trio,
with his brother Martin and an excellent pianist named Ray Kennedy is
patterned after the King Cole trio.

On a coupla his recordings, you might almost think that while he was
recording, he was listening to the Cole trio's version through a headset.

I've got his Beatles album, another with George Shearing (possibly at
Birdland); will have to look out for the others mentioned here.

Thanx
HC


On 2/23/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>
> John Pizzarelli reviewed
>
> John Pizzarelli: Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington
> by Steve Greenlee
> Boston Globe, February 22, 2010
>
> Duke Ellington tributes are a dime a dozen. In fact, they're probably down
> to a nickel
> a dozen. So why would singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli give us yet another
> one? Because
> he knows how to do it, and because his is so incredibly infectious. Tribute
> albums
> are becoming a thing with Pizzarelli; "Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke
> Ellington"
> arrives two years after he saluted composer Richard Rodgers and four years
> after
> he paid homage to Frank Sinatra (he's also done Nat King Cole and the
> Beatles). His
> fresh, lively arrangements of Ellington's best-known stuff raise this album
> above
> run-of-the-mill reworkings, from "In a Mellow Tone" that opens the disc to
> "Cottontail"
> and "Rockin' in Rhythm" that closes it. In between are all sorts of
> surprises and
> guest appearances, including saxophonist Harry Allen blowing through "C Jam
> Blues"
> and Pizzarelli's legendary father, Bucky, taking the guitar solo on "Satin
> Doll."
> The most surprising and most exciting number is a version of "Perdido" with
> vocalists
> Kurt Elling and Jessica Molaskey (Pizzarelli's wife) that evokes the great
> vocalese
> trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. (Out tomorrow)
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
> rsr at ringwald.com
> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> 916/806-9551
>
> Check out our latest recording at www.ringwald.com/recordings.htm
>
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