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John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. (born April 6, 1960) is an American jazz guitarist, singer, songwriter. He is probably best known for his leadership of the John Pizzarelli Trio, featuring his brother Martin on Double bass, and pianist, Ray Kennedy, and for his performance as the singer on the Foxwoods Casino TV and radio commercials. He is the son of legendary jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...
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Music & Performance
Despite his young age, John Pizzarelli has recorded nearly 40 albums of music, either as the leader or in tandem with other performers. Among others, Pizzarelli has recorded with such luminaries as George Shearing, Rosemary Clooney, and Buddy DeFranco, as well as the Boston Pops Orchestra. Many if not most of his albums have received good to excellent reviews and are very popular sellers. Additionally, he has been a guest performer on numerous records throughout his career. An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...
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Particularly lauded for his swinging interpretations of jazz standards, Pizzarelli also composes his own songs, some of which have achieved a sort of modern "standard" status in their own right. He is also a fan of bossa nova and released an album entirely composed of that type of music. Jazz standard refers to a tune that is widely known, performed, and recorded among jazz musicians. ...
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Perhaps his most famous and highly-regarded album, though, is Dear Mr. Cole, an album featuring Pizzarelli's versions of some of Nat "King" Cole's most famous songs. Interestingly, the John Pizzarelli Trio only appears together on track one of the album, Style is Back in Style. The rest of the album features Pizzarelli performing with Christian McBride on bass and Benny Green on the ivories. Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ...
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Pizzarelli is also known for his winning personality, and his great rapport with audiences during his live performances has gone a long way to garnering him cachet with the jazz public. He is also known to sing his solo lines while playing his guitar. In psychology, personality is a description of consistent emotional, thought, and behavior patterns in a person. ...
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Pizzarelli also sings the theme for Foxwoods Casino, "The Wonder of It All."
Personal life Pizzarelli grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey and attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, NJ, an all-boys Roman Catholic High School. He frequently expresses pride about being from New Jersey; a fan favorite at his live shows is the Cosgriff-Bernardi number I Like Jersey Best, a largely humorous tribute to the Garden State. Bergen County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Don Bosco Preparatory High School (Don Bosco Prep) is a private, Roman Catholic secondary school for young men, grades 9 through 12. ...
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Pizzarelli is a huge baseball fan, and has played the sport (in one capacity or another) all his life. In high school he split his time between studying music and playing sports. As he once said in an interview: "I wasn't making any of the sports teams and I was a big sports fanatic. That's when I realized there was a reason why I was going to band practice." A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...
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He married singer Jessica Molaskey in 1998, and the couple have a daughter, Madeleine Elizabeth.
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