[NEohioPAL] John Pizzarelli & the Great American Songbook at Nighttown Thursday & Friday

[Bruce Hennes]

**John Pizzarelli and his trio at Nighttown play songs from the Great
American Songbook this Thursday and Friday night at Nighttown.

John Pizzarelli has cultivated a winning 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.

Born on April 6, 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey, Pizzarelli has been playing
guitar since age six, following in the tradition of his father, guitar
legend Bucky Pizzarelli.  Hanging out with his father, John was exposed to
all the great jazz music of the era, from Erroll Garner and Les Paul to
Django Reinhardt.  At 20, he began playing with his father, then went out on
his own.  Since 1992, the John Pizzarelli Trio has toured extensively.  In
1993, they received the honor of opening tour dates for Frank Sinatra and
joined in the celebration for Sinatra's 80th birthday at Carnegie Hall. John
Pizzarelli's voice has continued to develop with time, displaying both charm
and humor.  He has recorded as a leader for Chesky, Stash, Novus and RCA,
and in 1997 appeared in Dream, a Broadway production of Johnny Mercer songs.


Along the way, Pizzarelli has earned rave reviews.  "The John Pizzarelli
Trio has never been tighter, and Pizzarelli himself has never been looser,"
the Village Voice said of a 1998 New York shjohn2ow. "We can say we're as
lucky to listen to (Pizzarelli) as Nat Cole fans were in the years before he
became a legend." Pizzarelli was also named "Jazz Vocalist of the Year" by
Swing Journal in their 1999 Readers Poll.

Telarc records of Cleveland signed Pizzarelli at the end of 1999 and has had
eight highly acclaimed and successful albums on the label to date.

Currently John Pizzarelli is touring in support of his latest Telarc release
"With a Song in My Heart", which is a tribute to the legendary composer
Richard Rogers..  This latest CD was recorded with his Quartet and and
extended group which features his father Bucky Pizzarelli, the Brazilian
pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano and many others.

Backing John Pizzarelli at Nighttown will be his brother Martin Pizzarelli
on acoustic bass, drummer Tony Tedesco, and the newest member of his group,
pianist Larry Fuller. Nighttown fans may remember Fuller from his
appearances here with the legendary bassist Ray Brown.

Don't miss John Pizzarelli and his Quartet live at Nighttown on Thursday and
Friday, November 20th and 21st. For ticket information, please call
216-795-0550.  You can also read more about John Pizzarelli at
http://www.johnpizzarelli.com and more about Nighttown at
http://www.nighttowncleveland.com.  NOTE:  The 7:00 p.m. shows on both
Thursday and Friday are almost sold out, so act fast.  There are, however, a
good number of tix left for the 9:00 shows on both nights.

[image: video]   Video "The Making of Knowing You" by John
Pizzarelli<http://www.johnpizzarelli.com/files/04.swf>
[image: audio]  John_Pizzarelli's_"I_Like_to_Recognize_The_Tune"
(mp3)<http://jwpjazz.com/nighttown/John_Pizzarelli_I_Like_to_Recognize_The_Tune.mp3>
[image: audio]  John_Pizzarelli's_"With_A_song_In_My_Heart"
(mp3)<http://jwpjazz.com/nighttown/John_Pizzarelli_With_A_song_In_My_Heart.mp3>
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