Jazz Legends: JOHN PIZZARELLI TRIO
(Grammy Award-winning Jazz Guitarist and Vocalist)
John Pizzarelli
John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney; his father, jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli; and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey.
About This Event
Jazz Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz. Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antnio Carlos Jobim and the Beatles. He won a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category as co-producer of James Taylors American Standard in 2021.
He has performed on Americas most popular national television shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and Great Performances, as well as the talk shows of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Regis Philbin and the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade.