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Here’s a mind-boggling gathering of jazz guitarists who got together at Danny Kaye’s in NYC about 21 years ago in honor of Barney Kessel. Besides Barney, included in the group are: Tal Farlow, Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno, Joe Puma, Remo Palmier, Mundell Lowe, Sal Salvador, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene Bertoncini, Kenny Burrell, Jack Wilkins, Ron Affif, and about two dozen more.

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Marty Grosz Birth name Martin Oliver Grosz Born February 28, 1930 (age 88)Berlin... read more, GermanyGenresJazz, dixieland, swingOccupation(s)MusicianInstrumentsGuitar, banjo, vocalsYears active1950–presentLabelsJazzology, Riverside, Stomp Off, ArborsAssociated actsBob Wilber, Soprano SummitWebsitewww.martygrosz.comMartin Oliver Grosz (born February 28, 1930) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist, and composer born in Berlin, Germany. He performed with Bob Wilber and wrote arrangements for him.[1] He has also worked with Kenny Davern, Dick Sudhalter, and Keith Ingham. During the 1970s, he was a member of Soprano Summit. In 1986 Grosz joined the Classic Jazz Quartet with Dick Wellstood, Joe Muranyi, and Dick Sudhalter. He played, sang, and wrote most of the group's arrangements. He has also performed at concerts with Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, and Charlie Byrd

Tony Mottola, Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli

Barney Kessel Born October 17, 1923 Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. Died May 6, 2004 (aged 80) San Diego, U.S. Genres Jazz, pop, R&B, rock Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instruments Guitar Years active 1940s–1992 Labels Columbia, Contemporary, Reprise, Black Lion Associated acts Chico Marx, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Sonny Rollins, Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Milt Jackson, The Wrecking Crew, Sam Cooke Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Noted in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.

Michael John "Duke" Robillard (born October 4, 1948) is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although Robillard is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also plays jazz and swing He played in bands as Mike "Honey Bear" Robillard and worked for the Guild Guitar Company. In 1967, he and Al Copley founded the band Roomful of Blues.[1][2] He spent over ten years with Roomful of Blues before departing in 1979, becoming the guitarist for singer Robert Gordon and then a member of the Legendary Blues Band.[3] He started the Duke Robillard Band in 1981, eventually adopting the name Duke Robillard and the Pleasure Kings, with whom he toured throughout the 1980s and recorded for Rounder Records. He became a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1990 to replace Jimmie Vaughan.[2][3] Although he was a member of bands, Robillard simultaneously pursued a solo career in which he toured and recorded solo albums in other genres, such as jazz and blues. He formed a duo with jazz guitarist Herb Ellis and the swing trio New Guitar Summit with Gerry Beaudoin and Jay Geils. He explored jump blues in A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard, returned to his rhythm and blues roots in Stomp! The Blues Tonight, and covered blues songs from the 1940s and '50s in Low Down and Tore Up. Briefly in 2013, he was the guitarist for Bob Dylan's tour

Edward Lozano Duran (born September 6, 1925) is an American jazz guitarist from San Francisco. He recorded often with Vince Guaraldi and was a member of the Benny Goodman orchestra during the 1970s Duran started playing guitar when he was twelve. By fifteen he was performing professionally with jazz musicians who visited San Francisco, beginning in the 1940s.[2] Around 1957, Duran was the guitarist in the CBS Radio Orchestra under the direction of Ray Hackett for the Bill Weaver Show,[a][3] a variety show broadcast by CBS's San Francisco affiliate, KQW, later renamed KCBS, from the Palace Hotel on Jesse Street at New Montgomery Street.[b] Regular vocalists on the show included Ree Brunell, Bob Callahan, Ellen Connor, Ardene DeCamp, and Stan Noonan.[c][4] While playing with the CBS Orchestra, Duran met Brunell and performed on her debut album, Intro to Jazz of the Italian-American. The album was the first LP recorded by San Francisco Jazz Records[citation needed], a short-lived label that had been part of the production of the radio station at the time. In 1954 his friend Vince Guaraldi, who had been playing with Cal Tjader, started a trio with Duran and bassist Dean Riley.[5] Guaraldi introduced Tjader to Duran and his two brothers, Carlos, a jazz pianist, and Manuel, a bassist. All three Duran brothers were members of Cal Tjader's Mambo Quintet in the mid 1950s. In 1958, Duran played a concert at the Marines Memorial Auditorium with Tjader and Stan Getz, six years before Getz became famous. The concert was recorded by Fantasy Records. In an interview, Duran said, "There was no rehearsal before the date, no alternates, no second takes. It went very smoothly. It just kind of fell into place. The feeling was happy and relaxed.[6] Also in 1958, Duran was joined by his brother, Manuel, on Tjader's album, San Francisco Moods. Duran led his own trio from 1960 to 1967. In 1962, he was joined by his brother Carlos on Benny Velarde's[d] album, Ay Que Rico. From 1976 to 1981, Duran was a member of Benny Goodman's orchestras, which included an acclaimed performance with Goodman's octet at Carnegie Hall on June 28, 1976, in connection with the Newport Jazz Festival

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Nick Manoloff was born "Nicola Manoloff", on April 3, 1898 in Bulgaria. He immigrated to the east-co... read moreast of the United States in 1922.[1] In 1935, he established residency in Chicago, Illinois with his wife Bernice (1909-?), who had immigrated to America from Latvia/Jugoslavia. They had a son, Nicki Manoloff born in Chicago in 1937 and two daughters. Bernice and Denna. In the early 1930s, Nick and Bernice were musical arrangers, eventually forming The Calumet Music Publishing Company.[3] For many publications, Nick and Bernice arranged songs, music, and instructional methods for stringed instruments such as the guitar, dobro, and ukulele—particularly for music played with a slide. Over 180 works by Nick appeared in over 253 publications. An example was method book, "Nick Manoloff's Complete Chord and Harmony Manual For The Guitar. Bernice arranged many, including books (The Bee). They largely specialized in Hawaiian, folk and cowboy songs, Russian music, and standards.

Ronny Lee (March 2, 1927 – April 22, 2015) was an American guitarist who was the author of music instruction publications, many of which are still sold throughout the world. He wrote popular, classical and rock guitar arrangements for numerous publishers, including Hansen Publications—for whom in 1964 Lee arranged the music from the Beatles’ "A Hard Day’s Night" for guitar, Williamson Music—for whom in 1966 Lee arranged "The Sound of Music : selection for guitar solo", Sam Fox Publishing Co.—for whom in 1966 Lee arranged "Guitar selections from Man of La Mancha", and Alfred Music. At the request of Mel Bay, Lee wrote what was widely regarded at the time as one of the best Jazz Guitar instruction books ever published, and his articles on all aspects of music and the business of making music appeared in trade and consumer publications, including Musical Merchandise Review, Piano Trades, and Music Trades. He conducted workshops and seminars for music teachers, and officiated as adjudicator at major music festivals. A guitarist, teacher, writer and singer who was knowledgeable in all styles of music, Ronny Lee performed on thousands of engagements. These included club dates, jazz, rock and pop recording sessions, and frequent appearances at resort hotels in the Catskill Mountains, and the Asbury Park and Lakewood areas of New Jersey. He accompanied famous singers, including Eydie Gormé and Fran Warren. In the late 1960s, Lee performed with the New York Philharmonic. In 1962, Gretsch Guitars honored two players by naming guitars for them. One was Chet Atkins, and one was Ronny Lee. Ronny Lee taught Guitar and Tenor Banjo in New York City for 70 years. He was a member of ASCAP.

Ronald Patrick Escheté (August 19, 1948) is an American seven-string jazz guitarist. He is the first person to record a cover version of "Christmas Time Is Here", which Vince Guaraldi wrote for the Charlie Brown television program. When Escheté was fourteen, he began playing guitar. During the late 1960s, he studied classical guitar and flute at Loyola University in New Orleans. From 1969–1970, he worked in Last Vegas supporting singer Buddy Greco. He moved to Los Angeles, where he played with Dave Pike and Gene Harris.[2] Escheté has been an educator since the early 1970s when he taught at community colleges in southern California. In the mid 1970s, he began teaching at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and in the 1990s at California State University at Long Beach. He has written several instruction books, such as The Jazz Guitar Soloist and Melodic Chord Phrases.[2] His early influences were jazz guitarists Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, and Howard Roberts. He has played with Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, and Diana Krall

Jimmy Wyble A native of Port Arthur, Texas, Wyble worked in his early years for a radio station in Houston. He a... read morend guitarist Cameron Hill played Western swing in a band led by Burt "Foreman" Phillips. The sound of two guitars attracted Bob Wills, another fan of Western swing, and he hired both men for his band, the Texas Playboys.[1][2][3]Wyble's music career was interrupted by World War II. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946, and he returned to music after he came home. Although he continued to play in Western swing bands, his interest in jazz surfaced on his debut album, The Jimmy Wyble Quintet (1953). Soon after, he worked with Barney Kessel and Benny Goodman, and played with Red Norvo for eight years, including on a tour of Australia accompanying Frank Sinatra.[1][2][3]Wyble took a job as a studio musician in Los Angeles during the 1960s, working as a guitarist for movies and television. Wyble played guitar on movie soundtracks, including The Wild Bunch, Ocean's Eleven, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex and Kings Go Forth, and played on TV shows such as The Flip Wilson Show and Kraft Music Hall. On the side, he took classical guitar lessons from Laurindo Almeida, then taught guitar to other students, among them Larry Koonse,[1] Howard Roberts, and Steve Lukather.[2]In the 1970s he developed a two-line contrapuntal approach to guitar and composed numerous etudes in this style. Many of these pieces were published in Classical/Country (Howard Roberts-Playback, 1973), The Art of Two-Line Improvisation (PMP, 1979), and Concepts for the Classical and Jazz Guitar (Mel Bay, 2000).During the 1980s, he left the music business to take care of his ailing wife. He returned to performing in 2005. Larry Koonse, his former student, issued the album What's in the Box (2007) with compositions by Wyble based on his book of etudes. Wyble was a teacher and performer until his death in 2010

James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 9, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist born in Louisville, Kentucky,[1] most notable for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) and, during the same time period, with Stan Getz. In 1954 and 1955 he won the Down Beat Critics' Poll for guitar.[2] Raney worked in a variety of jazz mediums, including cool jazz, bebop, post bop, hard bop, and mainstream jazz. In 1946 he worked for a time as guitarist with the Max Miller Quartet at Elmer's in Chicago, his first paying gig. Raney also worked in the Artie Shaw Orchestra and collaborated with Woody Herman for nine months in 1948. He also collaborated and recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Al Haig and later on with Bob Brookmeyer. In 1967 alcoholism and other professional difficulties led him to leave New York City and return to his native Louisville.[3] He resurfaced in the 1970s and also did work with his son Doug, who was also a guitarist.[4] Raney suffered for thirty years from Ménière's disease, a degenerative condition that led to near deafness in both ears, although this did not stop him from playing. He died of heart failure in Louisville on May 10, 1995. His obituary in the New York Times called him "one of the most gifted and influential postwar jazz guitarists in the world"no description

Dave Barbour Barbour was born in Long Island, New York. When was twelve, he played banjo at Carnegie Hall.[1] He started his career as a banjoist with Adrian Rollini in 1933 and then Wingy Manone in 1934. He switched to guitar in the middle of the decade and played with Red Norvo from 1935–1936. He found much work as a studio musician and in ensembles with Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday (1937), Artie Shaw (1939), Lennie Hayton, Charlie Barnet (1945), Raymond Scott, Glenn Miller, Lou Holden, and Woody Herman (1949). He also recorded with André Previn in 1945. While a member of Benny Goodman's orchestra in 1942, Barbour fell in love with lead singer Peggy Lee. They got married and moved to Los Angeles, where Johnny Mercer asked them to write songs for an album. The song they wrote, "That Old Feeling", established Lee's winning style. More hits followed, but Barbour's alcoholism strained their marriage. They divorced in 1951. Lee married three more times. Barbour left music and acted in the movies Mr. Music and The Secret Fury in 1950. He performed sporadically, recording once with Benny Carter in 1962.[2][3] Barbour died in 1965 of a hemorrhaged ulcer in Malibu Beach, California, at the age of 53

Nick and Vic

Anthony and Nick at it again

Nick and Anthony getting the jam started and waiting for the others.

This is Bob Conrad my band mate. For (Throw Back Thursday) here is one from my musician days, 1968 I was working as a guitar teacher ... read morefor Ray De Brown Music Capital in Clifton ,NJ, the photo is me playing with a group of students at our annual recital. There were two guitar teachers at the studio, the other teacher was Lou Palo who played rhythm guitar for Les Paul for about 30 years.

Nick, Sean and Pete

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Ellen LaFurn, Vic Cenicola and Ron Naspo. I worked with Vic in 3 of a Kind. I also performed with Ron and Angelo Vaglio on Vibes on another engagement.

Al Di Meola (born Al Laurence Dimeola July 22, 1954) is an American jazz, jazz fusion, and world music guitarist. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, into an Italian family with roots in Cerreto Sannita, a small town north east of Naples, Di Meola grew up in Bergenfield, where he attended Bergenfield High School.[3][4] He has been a resident of Old Tappan, New Jersey He attended Berklee College of Music in the early 1970s. At nineteen, he was hired by Chick Corea to replace Bill Connors in the pioneering jazz fusion band Return to Forever with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White. He recorded three albums with them. He could play so fast that he was sometimes criticized for playing too many notes.

Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American guitarist. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, Byrd collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music. Byrd played fingerstyle on a classical guitar. Charlie Byrd was born in Suffolk, Virginia, in 1925 and grew up in the town of Chuckatuck, Virginia. His father, a mandolinist and guitarist, taught him how to play the acoustic steel guitar at age 10. Byrd had three brothers, Oscar, Jack, and Joe, who was a bass player. In 1942 Byrd entered the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and played in the school orchestra. In 1943 he was drafted into the United States Army for World War II, saw combat, then was stationed in Paris in 1945 where he played in an Army Special Services band and toured occupied Europe in the all-soldier production G.I. Carmen. After the war, Byrd returned to the United States and went to New York City, where he studied composition and jazz theory at the Harnett National Music School in Manhattan, New York City. During this time he began playing a classical guitar. After moving to Washington, D.C. in 1950, he studied classical guitar with Sophocles Papas for several years. In 1954 he became a pupil of the Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia and spent time studying in Italy with Segovia. Byrd's greatest influence was the gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whom he saw perform in Paris

Gábor István Szabó (8 March 1936 – 26 February 1982) was a guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music.[1] Beginning in 1966 he recorded albums under his own name on the Impulse! label. In the late 1960s he co-founded the short-lived Skye record label along with Cal Tjader and Gary McFarland.[1] Szabó recorded an album with Lena Horne on Skye in October and November 1969. Szabó had been part of Horne's backup band when she performed at The Nugget in Nevada in November 1966 and then when she performed (with Harry Belafonte) at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in September 1969. Likely Szabó had been first introduced to Lena Horne by her longtime accompanist and his former band leader Chico Hamilton.

Thomas J. Tedesco (July 3, 1930 – November 10, 1997) was an American guitarist and studio musician Tedesco's credits include the theme from television's Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Vic Mizzy's theme from Green Acres, M*A*S*H, Batman, and Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special. Tedesco was shown on-camera in a number of game and comedy shows, and played ex-con guitarist Tommy Marinucci, a member of Happy Kyne's Mirth-Makers, in the talk-show spoof Fernwood 2 Night.[2] Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Tedesco moved to the West Coast where he became one of the most-sought-after studio musicians between the 1960s and 1980s.[1] Although he was primarily a guitar player, he also played mandolin, ukulele, sitar and over twenty other stringed instruments. Tedesco was described by Guitar Player magazine as the most recorded guitarist in history, having played on thousands of recordings, many of which were top 20 hits.[3] He recorded with most of the top musicians working in the Los Angeles area including the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Everly Brothers, the Association, Barbra Streisand, Jan and Dean, the 5th Dimension, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Ricky Nelson, Cher, and Nancy and Frank Sinatra as well as on Richard Harris's classic "MacArthur Park". His playing can be found on Jack Nitzsche's "The Lonely Surfer", on Wayne Newton's version of "Danke Schoen", B. Bumble and the Stingers's "Nut Rocker", the Rip Chords' "Hey Little Cobra", the Ronettes' "Be My Baby", the Sandpipers' "Guantanamera", the T-Bones' "No Matter What Shape'" and Nino Tempo & April Stevens' version of "Deep Purple". For Guitar Player, Tedesco wrote a regular column called "Studio Log" in which he would describe a day's work recording a movie, TV show or album, the special challenges each job posed and how he solved them, what instruments he used, and how much money he made on the job.[1] Tedesco also performed for film soundtracks such as The French Connection, The Godfather, Jaws, The Deer Hunter, Field of Dreams, Gloria plus several Elvis Presley films. He was also the guitarist for the Original Roxy cast of The Rocky Horror Show. Additionally, he performed the opening guitar solo for the Howard Hawks and John Wayne film Rio Lobo. He was one of the very few sidemen credited for work on animated cartoons for The Ant and the Aardvark cartoons (1968–1971). On his own, Tedesco recorded a number of jazz guitar albums, but his musical career ended in 1992 when he suffered a stroke that resulted in partial paralysis. The following year he published his autobiography, Confessions of a Guitar Player.[1] Tedesco died of lung cancer in 1997, at the age of 67, in Northridge, California.[4] His son, Denny Tedesco, directed the 2008 documentary film The Wrecking Crew, which features interviews with Tommy and many of his fellow session musicians. The film finally saw theatrical release in 2015, after musical rights were cleared. Before that it had been screened only at film festivals, where clearance rights were not required.

Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.It was around this time that Green's parents died, and he moved to New York City to live with his aunt and continue his education. The move opened up a new musical world to Freddie. While still in his teens, he began to play around the clubs of the city, earning money and a reputation. In one of these gigs, he was noticed by the legendary talent scout John H. Hammond, who realized the potential of Green and introduced him to Basie.[2] In 1937, Basie and his ensemble went to one of Green's gigs on the advice of an associate. Basie was an immediate fan, and approached Green with a job offer, which he accepted. Except for a brief interruption, Freddie Green would remain a pivotal fixture of the Count Basie Band for the next fifty years

Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979)[1] was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically and mainly for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career. Critics Michael Erlewine and Ron Wynn write, "A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar ... Green's playing is immediately recognizable – perhaps more than any other guitarist."[2] Critic Dave Hunter described his sound as "lithe, loose, slightly bluesy and righteously groovy".[3] He often performed in an organ trio, a small group with an organ and drummer. Apart from guitarist Charlie Christian, Green's primary influences were saxophonists, particularly Charlie Parker, and his approach was therefore almost exclusively linear rather than chordal. The simplicity and immediacy of Green's playing, which tended to avoid chromaticism, derived from his early work playing rhythm and blues and, although at his best he achieved a synthesis of this style with bop, he was essentially a blues guitarist and returned almost exclusively to this style in his later career.[4]

Charles Henry Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was an American swing and jazz guitarist. Christian was an important early performer on the electric guitar and a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941. His single-string technique, combined with amplification, helped bring the guitar out of the rhythm section and into the forefront as a solo instrument. John Hammond[1] and George T. Simon[2] called Christian the best improvisational talent of the swing era. In the liner notes to the album Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian (Columbia, 1972), Gene Lees wrote that "Many critics and musicians consider that Christian was one of the founding fathers of bebop, or if not that, at least a precursor to it."[3] Christian's influence reached beyond jazz and swing. In 1990, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category Early Influence. In 2006 Oklahoma City renamed a street in its Bricktown entertainment district "Charlie Christian Avenue" (Christian was raised in Oklahoma City and was one of many musicians who jammed along the city's "Deep Deuce" section on N.E. Second Street).

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)[1] was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt[2] and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb which granted him a distinctive sound. He often worked with organist Jimmy Smith, and with his brothers Buddy (piano and vibes) and Monk (bass guitar). His recordings up to 1965 were generally oriented towards hard bop, soul jazz and post bop, while circa 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that featured less improvisation but found mainstream success. His later-career guitar style is a major influence on fusion and smooth jazz.no description

Bean was born into a musical family in Philadelphia. His mother played the piano. His father was an amateur singer and guitarist, and his sister was a professional singer.[1][2] He started on guitar at the age of twelve.[1] His father taught him some of the basics on guitar before he received lessons from Howard Herbert.[3] Then he studied for about one year with Dennis Sandole.[4] During the late 1940s and 1950s, he performed at venues in the Philadelphia area.[5] In the mid-1950s, he moved to New York City and recorded with Charlie Ventura and Red Callender, and in 1958 he moved to Los Angeles[1] to record for Decca Records.[6] In Los Angeles, he worked with Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, John Pisano, Bud Shank,[1][2] Milt Bernhart, Les Elgart, Herb Geller, Lorraine Geller, Calvin Jackson, and Zoot Sims.[7] In October, 1959, Bean returned to New York City after accepting Tony Bennett's offer to join his band

Ed Bickert --- Edward Isaac Bickert, CM (born November 29, 1932) is a Canadian jazz guitarist. --- By the sixties, he was a first-call studio musician. Notable for his long association with the late Moe Koffman and Phil Nimmons' recordings, Bickert became a charter member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass. He also played in local gigs with American musicians who employed Toronto rhythm sections. He played regularly at George's Spaghetti House with fellow members of Moe Koffman's band, with and without Koffman. Bickert married, and eschewing the road, stayed at home and raised a family. In the 1970s Jim Hall, a friend of Bickert, recommended him to Paul Desmond, who was forming a band. Desmond felt a rapport with Bickert and Don Thompson. They appeared at the now-defunct Bourbon Street club in Toronto, with two different drummers. Recordings from those sessions were released as Paul Desmond Quartet Live in LP format by A&M Records. Additional tracks were released much later on CD by Telarc. Desmond's enthusiasm for Bickert's style persuaded him to record with Bickert in the United States at Rudy Van Gelder's studio. They played with Connie Kay (drums) and Ron Carter (bass) and recorded the album Pure Desmond.

George Barnes ---- George Warren Barnes (July 17, 1921 – September 5, 1977) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played the first electric guitar in 1931, preceding Charlie Christian by five years. He made the first commercial recording of an electric guitar on March 1, 1938, in sessions with Big Bill Broonzy. --- Barnes was born in South Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1921. His father was a guitarist and taught Barnes acoustic guitar at the age of nine. A year later, in 1931, Barnes's brother made a pickup and amplifier for him. Barnes said that he was the first person to play electric guitar. From 1935–1937, he had his own band that performed in the Midwest.[1] On March 1, 1938, he recorded the songs "Sweetheart Land" and "It's a Lowdown Dirty Shame" with blues guitarist Big Bill Broonzy, and in doing so he became the first person to make a record on electric guitar, fifteen days before Eddie Durham recorded on electric guitar with the Kansas City Five. In 1938, when he was seventeen, he was hired as staff guitarist for the NBC Orchestra. He was also staff guitarist and arranger for Decca Records and recorded with Blind John Davis, Jazz Gillum, Merline Johnson, Curtis Jones, and Washboard Sam

Nick Lucas ---- Lucas was born into an Italian family in Newark, New Jersey. In 1922, at the age of 25, he gained renown with his hit renditions of "Picking the Guitar" and "Teasing the Frets" for Pathé Records. In 1923, Gibson Guitars proposed to build him a concert guitar with a deeper body. Known as the "Nick Lucas Special," it has been a popular model with guitarists since. In the same year, he began recording for Brunswick and remained one of their exclusive artists until 1932. He became known as "The Crooning Troubadour"

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Eddie Lang -- Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) is known as the father of jazz guitar.[1] During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists.[2] He recorded duets with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Carl Kress, with jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the big bands of Paul Whiteman and Bing Crosby.Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) is known as the father of jazz guitar.[1] During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists.[2] He recorded duets with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Carl Kress, with jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the big bands of Paul Whiteman and Bing Crosby. The son of an Italian-American instrument maker, Lang was born Salvatore Massaro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[3][4] and grew up with violinist Joe Venuti. His first instrument was violin when he was seven. He performed on violin in 1917 and became a member of a trio. In 1920, he dropped the violin for banjo and worked with Charlie Kerr, then Bert Estlow, Vic D'Ippolito, and Billy Lustig's Scranton Siren Orchestra. A few years later, he dropped the banjo for guitar when he became a member of the Mound City Blue Blowers led by Red McKenzie.[5] He recorded one of the first solos in 1924 on "Deep 2nd Street Blues".[4] His performances with McKenzie's band drew attention, and he found many jobs as a freelance guitarist.[5] Before Lang, guitar hadn't been a prominent instrument in jazz bands and dance orchestras.[4] Lang and Joe Venuti recorded with Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jean Goldkette and performed with the Adrian Rollini Orchestra.[5] Lang recorded with blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson under the name Blind Willie Dunn to hide his race[2][3][6] and as a tribute to blues guitarist Blind Lemon Jefferson.[4] He also worked with Frankie Trumbauer, Hoagy Carmichael, Annette Hanshaw, Red Nichols, Jack Pettis, Bessie Smith, and Clarence Williams.

Tony Romano _ Tony Romano (26 September 1915 – 4 March 2005) was an American jazz guitarist and singer. He performed on radio programs and in Hollywood musicals in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He became most noted as the sideman and musical accompanist to Bob Hope and Frances Langford during their USO tours in World War II, Korean, and Vietnam wars. Romano was born 26 September 1915 in Madera, California, one of nine children of an Italian immigrant shoemaker. According to Romano, his father played violin and guitar, and the entire family was musical. He said, "In our family, if you didn't sing, you didn't eat."[1] In his youth, he played violin but took up the guitar after being inspired by Eddie Lang. At 17, Romano moved to Hollywood where he studied guitar with Paramount Studio's guitarist George Smith

Georgina singing at Christmas party with the Park Quartet

Pat Martino -- Biography Martino was born Pat Azzara in South Philadelphia. He began playing professionally at the age of 15 after moving to New York City. Martino played and recorded early in his career with musicians such as Willis Jackson and Eric Kloss. He also worked with jazz organists, including Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, Tony Monaco, Trudy Pitts, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ludwig, Don Patterson, Richard "Groove" Holmes. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Martino made many recordings as a sideman and also under his own name. In 1980, Martino underwent surgery as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left him with amnesia, leaving him, among other things, without some memory of the guitar and his musical career. With the help of friends, computers, and his old recordings, he made a recovery,[1] and learned to play the guitar again. His improvisation method, "Conversion to Minor", is often mistakenly thought to be based upon using exclusively minor systems for soloing. In fact, the system involves conceptualising chord progressions in terms of the relative minor chord/scale, but in practice this seems to be more a way for organising the fretboard, rather than justifying playing certain tones in terms of whether they are "correct" or not. Martino's lines contain chromatic notes outside any particular IIm7 chord that might be conceptualised over a chord progression; even in the examples he provides in his books and instructional videos. Indeed, on his bulletin board he has stated that he formulated the system more as a way to explain his playing, rather than as something to use to create music. In his own words, "although the analysis of some of my recorded solos have been referred to as modal, personally I’ve never operated in that way. I’ve always depended upon my own melodic instinct, instead of scale like formulas"

Jimmy Bruno -- Jimmy Bruno (born July 22, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bruno started playing at the age of 7. He began his professional career at the age of 19, touring with Buddy Rich.[1] Among his many credits, he is the only guitarist to have ever led Frank Sinatra's band. He played for many years in Los Angeles before returning to the Philadelphia area. He counts Johnny Smith, Hank Garland, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, and Pat Martino amongst his influences.[2]

Al Viola -- Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for 25 years and also played the mandolin on the soundtrack of the film The Godfather.[1] Biography Viola grew up in an Italian family in Brooklyn, and learned to play the guitar and mandolin as a teenager. He enlisted in the Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 and played in an Army jazz band. After he was discharged in 1946, he and Page Cavanaugh, whom he had met while serving in the Army, along with joined bassist Lloyd Pratt, formed a trio. The ensemble appeared in several films, including the Doris Day vehicle Romance on the High Seas, and played a few dates in 1946 and 1947 with Frank Sinatra. Viola continued to work with Sinatra regularly, accompanying him on several hundred studio recordings and concert dates between 1956 and 1980. Viola was a highly-regarded session musician in Los Angeles, performing in films, on television and in commercial spots. His mandolin playing can be heard on the soundtrack of The Godfather; other credits include West Side Story and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He continued playing jazz as well, with Bobby Troup, Ray Anthony, Harry James, Buddy Collette, Stan Kenton, Gerald Wilson and Terry Gibbs. He also worked as a session musician on over 500 albums, including releases by Jimmy Witherspoon, Helen Humes, June Christy, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Steve Lawrence, Julie London, Anita O'Day, Nelson Riddle, Linda Ronstadt and Joe Williams.

Hal and the Park Quintet

Julie London w/Barney KesselJulie London - Julie Is Her Name Produced by Bobby Troup. Barney Kessel... read more -guitar. Ray Leatherwood - bass. A1 Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) ---- Julie London (26 September 1926–18 October 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice and role as Nurse Dixie McCall RN on the television show Emergency! (1972–1977). Born in Santa Rosa, California, as Julie Peck, she was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who had a vaudeville song-and-dance team. When she was 14, they moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from Hollywood Professional High School in 1944. Julie London Enlarge Julie London She was married to Jack Webb of Dragnet fame. Her obvious beauty and self-poise (she was a pinup girl prized by GIs during World War II) contrasted with his pedestrian appearance and stiff-as-a-board acting technique (much parodied by impersonators). This unlikely pairing arose from his love for jazz music; their marriage lasted from 1947 to 1953. They had two children, including a daughter who survived her. In 1954, having become somewhat reclusive after her divorce from Webb, she met jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup. They married on 31 December 1959; only his death in 1999 ended their marriage. Together, they had three children. She suffered a stroke in 1995 and was in poor health until her death in Encino, California, at the age of 74, survived by her 4 surviving children.

Hal with Alan and Terry

Bob Zullo and me.

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Hal G's Trio

1959 Guild X-500

Lou Pallo -- Lou Pallo was Les Paul’s close friend and right hand man in the Les Paul Trio for over 28 years. Not only was he Les’s longest sitting bandmate but he also can be credited with inspiring Les to get back into music after his divorce from partner Mary Ford and the arrival of The Beatles brought an end to Les’s decade-long string of hits on the pop charts. To celebrate Les’s life, Pallo rounded up friends and admirers to participate in a great new album and DVD, Thank You Les, that features Keith Richards, Slash, Billy F Gibbons, and Jose Feliciano as well as former members of the Les Paul Trio performing standards like “Brazil,” ‘Smile,” and Les’s favorite, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Harry Leahey Leahey received his first guitar at the age of thirteen. He went on to study with Lou Melia, at Sayer's Studio in Plainfield; Al Volpe, the renowned studio guitarist and teacher of such players as Joe Pass and Sal Salvador; leading jazz and studio guitarist Johnny Smith and Dennis Sandole, teacher of such students as Pat Martino and John Coltrane. He studied music theory and composition at Manhattan School of Music.

Vinnie Corrao ---When you talk Vinnie Corrao, you're talking major-league jazz guitar. The Brooklyn native, who was raised in Passaic and Clifton, has played with such greats as singer Ella Fitzgerald, organists Brother Jack McDuff and Charles Earland and cornetist Warren Vache Jr. Still, Corrao -- who, with his wife, Marie, has lived in Point Pleasant for 35 years -- flies below the radar when it comes to public awareness, even within the jazz world. "Vinnie is New Jersey's best-kept secret," remarked Vache, an advocate. He and Corrao play duets Thursday at the Glen Rock Inn in Glen Rock. Corrao isn't bothered by his low profile. He gets enough work to keep him busy. And when not performing, he teaches privately. "It's great to have an interested student, someone that gets it down and comes back the next week and has gone a little further," he said. Of his performing situations, Corrao, a hearty swinger with a warm guitar tone, enjoys his performances of standards and jazz classics with keyboardist Aldo Cavalli at La Fontana in Brick. And he gets a kick out of teaming with Vache, with whom he started appearing about three years ago.

Ted Greene ---- Although Greene is often regarded as a jazz musician, he played many musical styles. He was known to guitarists for his role as a music educator, which included private teaching, seminars at the Guitar Institute of Technology, columns for Guitar Player magazine, and his instructional books on harmony, chord melody, and single-note soloing. A voracious reader of almost any book on music theory, especially from the common practice period (circa 1600–1900) he distilled complex concepts regarding the structure of western music and would write out more accessible versions for students to understand (handed out to students in the form of lesson "sheets"), often applying keyboard concepts to the guitar. For example, many transcriptions of the chorales of J. S. Bach would be re-written for guitar with useful analysis applicable to any musical setting

Sal Salvador -- Sal Salvador (1925–1999) was a bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator. Biography He was born in Monson, Massachusetts and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He taught guitar at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut as well as at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. He authored several instruction books for beginning to advanced guitarists. In addition to recordings with Stan Kenton and with his own groups, Salvador can be heard in the film Blackboard Jungle during a scene in a bar where a recording on which he is featured is played on the jukebox. Sal is also featured playing with Sonny Stitt in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day at the Newport Jazz Festival.

Tal Farlow -- October 7, 2013 at 1:46pm ·Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – .July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. Nicknamed the "Octopus", for his extremely large hands spread over the fretboard as if they were tentacles, he is considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. Where other similar players of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow preferred placing single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically enriched tones based on a startling new technique.BiographyFarlow was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1921. Nearly as famous for his reluctance to perform publicly as for his outstanding abilities, he did not take up the instrument until he was 21, but within a year was playing professionally and in 1948 was with Marjorie Hyams' band. While with the Red Norvo Trio from 1949 to 1953, Farlow became famous in the jazz world. His huge hands and ability to play rapid yet light lines, which earned him the nickname "Octopus", made him one of the top guitarists of the era. After six months with Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five in 1953, Farlow put together his own group, which for a time included pianist Eddie Costa.In 1958, Farlow retired from full-time performing and settled in Sea Bright, New Jersey, returning to a career as a sign painter. He continued to play occasional dates in local clubs, however.[1] In 1962 the Gibson Guitar Corporation, with Farlow's participation, produced the "Tal Farlow" model in their prestigious Artist Model line. The guitar seen in the picture at right is a prototype model. The production model has a mandolin-style scroll at the top of the body.In 1968 while living in Sea Bright, Tal Farlow visited Phil Petillo's Studio Workshop every Saturday up until the early 1980s. Dr. Petillo, with legendary Tal Farlow, built what was known as the Full House Concept First Octave Divider, which was a stool that had a built-in amplifier and a pedal to control it. It provided smooth, rich warmth to the sound of the guitar with volume without distortion while allowing the artist more freedom of movement when performing. At this time, Phillip designed Tal a specialized guitar with a moving pickup that had nylon tracks underneath the pickguard to adjust the pickup in any position between the end of the fingerboard and bridge for jazz performances to suit his own individual needs, and to introduce young players to jazz and its components. They had a good creative working relationship for many years

Kenny Burrell -- Burrell was born (July 31, 1931) in Detroit, Michigan. Both his parents played instruments,[7] and he began playing guitar at the age of 12. He went on to study composition and theory with Louis Cabara and classical guitar with Joe Fava. While a student at Wayne State University, he made his recording debut as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951, followed by the "Rose of Tangier/Ground Round" single recorded under his own name at Fortune Records in Detroit. While in college, Burrell founded the New World Music Society collective with fellow Detroit musicians Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones, and Yusef Lateef.

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Mel Bay ---- Mel Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997) was a musician and publisher, best known for his series of music education books. His Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords remains a bestseller.

Johnny Smith ---- John Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

Les Paul --- Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar. Paul taught himself how to play guitar, and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in country music.[1] He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on sound),[2] delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention

Hank Garland ----- Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004) was a studio musician who performed with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Moon Mullican, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison, and Patti Page

Lou Mecca ----- Despite his talents in the spine-tuning chiropractic arena, it is really as a guitarist that this man has received the most recognition, including being selected outstanding jazz guitarist of the year by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and receiving the "new star" category in jazz guitar from Down Beat magazine. It all began with trumpet studies at the age of eight under the watchful eye and earplug-laden ears of his father. The boy changed to guitar a year later. In his senior year, he quit high school to become a professional musician. He took a position at a music school in New Jersey and played the bars and clubs at night, setting a standard of double-duty that would become a lifestyle. In 1947, he befriended jazz guitarist and educator Johnny Smith who, along with Tal Farlow and Joe Pass, are Mecca's greatest influences on his instrument. In 1955, he recorded for Blue Note as a leader of his own quartet, featuring Jack Hitchcock on vibes, Vinnie Burke on bass, and Jimmy Campbell on drums. Mecca has also performed and recorded with Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Teddy Charles, Gil Melles, Eddie Costa, Al Cohn, and Chris Conners. He has also worked as an accompanist for Julius La Rosa and on Broadway shows such as The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He also works regularly with orchestras, including the Ron Metcalf Orchestra at the World's Fair in New York City, the Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra, and many others.

George Van Eps ---- George Van Eps (August 7, 1913 – November 29, 1998) (often called "the Father of the Seven String Guitar") was an American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist. Biography Noted for his recordings as a leader, and his work as a session musician, Van Eps was also the author of instructional books that explored his approach to guitar-based harmony. He was well known as a pioneer of the seven-string guitar, which allowed him to incorporate sophisticated bass lines into his improvisation. He was a strong influence on later seven-string players such as Howard Alden (with whom he recorded four CDs for Concord Records in the early 1990s), Bucky Pizzarelli, and John Pizzarelli (Bucky's son). His father was the legendary classic banjo player Fred Van Eps.[1] Born Plainfield, New Jersey

Mickey Baker ----- MacHouston Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012), known as Mickey Baker and Mickey "Guitar" Baker, was an American guitarist.[1] He is widely held to be a critical force in the bridging of rhythm and blues and rock and roll, along with Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, and Chuck Berry.

Billy Bauer --- William Henry Bauer was born in New York City. He played ukulele and banjo as a child before switching to guitar.[1][2] He played with the Jerry Wald band and recorded with Carl Hoff and His Orchestra in 1941[2] before joining Woody Herman in 1944 as a member of the First Herd. In 1946 he played with Benny Goodman and Jack Teagarden. Working in small groups led by bassist Chubby Jackson and trombonist Bill Harris, Bauer established himself as a soloist in the bebop movement. In 1946 he began working with Lennie Tristano. Tristano and Bauer enjoyed a natural synergy in their style and approach. Their development of "intuitive music"[3] led to the 1949 session which included "Intuition", and "Digression". He was a member of the NBC Tonight Show band in New York City and played in the Today Show band at the start of early television.

Django Reinhardt --- Jean "Django" Reinhardt (French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]; 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant by far.[2]:cover [3] Reinhardt lost most control of two fingers on his left hand in a fire in his youth. He developed a modified technique to overcome this disability and went on to forge an entirely new 'hot' jazz guitar style, now known as Gypsy jazz, or jazz manouche, that remains a musical tradition in France and neighbouring countries—especially within Gypsy culture. Reinhardt's innovations on the guitar helped elevated it above its prior position as usually only a rhythm instrument.

Jim Hall -- James Stanley Hall (December 4, 1930 – December 10, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.[1] Premier Guitar magazine stated that "It could be argued that the jazz guitar tree is rooted in four names: Django [Reinhardt], Charlie [Christian], Wes [Montgomery], and Jim [Hall]" Born in Buffalo, New York, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, Hall was from a musical family, his mother played the piano, his grandfather violin, and his uncle guitar.[3] He began playing the guitar at age ten when his mother gave him an instrument as a Christmas present. At 13 he heard Charlie Christian play on a Benny Goodman record, which he calls his "spiritual awakening".[4] As a teenager in Cleveland, he performed professionally, and also took up the double bass. Hall's major influences since childhood were tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.[5] While he copied out solos by Charlie Christian, and later Barney Kessel, it was horn players from whom he took the lead. In 1955, Hall attended the Cleveland Institute of Music where he majored in composition, studying piano and bass in addition to theory. About a year later, he moved to Los Angeles, where cool jazz was prominent at the time. He studied classical guitar with Vincente Gomez, and, from 1955 to 1956, played in Chico Hamilton's quintet. It was at this time that he began to gain attention

Herb Ellis ---- Mitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis (August 4, 1921[1] – March 28, 2010[2]) was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950s membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yanow[3] as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound

Howard Morgen -- Howard Morgen, six and seven-string guitarist/clinician and arranger wrote fingerstyle jazz guitar columns and arrangements for Guitar Player, Guitar World, Acoustic Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar and was a columnist for Just Jazz Guitar magazine. In addition, Howard authored The Gershwin Collection for Solo Guitar, The Ellington Collection for Solo Guitar, Ten from Guitar Player, Solo Guitar Insights, Fingerstyle Favorites, Concepts, Preparations (Warner Bros.), Paul Simon for Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar (Amsco Pub.), and Fingerstyle Jazz Images for Christmas (Mel-Bay). His solo CD Howard Morgen plays Gershwin won critical acclaim. He was a guest artist/teacher during Jazz Week at the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Connecticut (1995-1997) and was on the faculty of the Guitar Study Center of the New School in Manhattan and the Jazz Studies Program at C.W.Post Campus, Long Island University.

John Pisano -- (born February 6, 1931) is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York. Pisano has accompanied in concert or recording Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, Natalie Cole, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Joe Pass, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Billy Bean, and Chico Hamilton

Chuck Wayne -- Chuck Wayne (February 27, 1923 – July 29, 1997) was a jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1940s. He is best known for his work with Woody Herman' and for being the first guitarist in the George Shearing quintet. He was also Tony Bennett's music director and accompanist from 1954–1957.

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American virtuoso jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.[1][2] His sophisticated style of chord-melody, with an outstanding knowledge of chord inversions and progressions, extensive use of walking basslines, and melodic counterpoint during improvisation, opened up new possibilities for the jazz guitar and had a profound influence on later guitarists. In addition to his extensive solo work, Pass is remembered for his long-term partnerships with singer Ella Fitzgerald and pianist Oscar Peterson.

Al Caiola ---- Alexander Emil Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016) was a guitarist, composer and arranger who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, and pop. He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of the biggest names in music during the 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Ferrante & Teicher, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett. During World War II Caiola played with the United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Division Band that also included Bob Crosby. Caiola served in the Battle of Iwo Jima as a stretcher bearer. Caiola was a studio musician in the 1950s in New York City. He released some minor records under his own name in that decade. In addition, he performed under the musical direction of John Serry Sr. on an album for Dot Records in 1956 (Squeeze Play). In 1960 he became a recording star on the United Artists label for over ten years. He had hits in 1961 with "The Magnificent Seven" and "Bonanza". His guitar style was inspired by Duane Eddy. The arrangements were typically by Don Costa, using a large orchestral backing.[1] Caiola continuously released singles and albums throughout the 1960s and beyond, though no others appeared on the charts except for an entry in 1964 with "From Russia with Love". United Artists used him to make commercial recordings of many movie and TV themes: "Wagon Train (Wagons Ho)", "The Ballad of Paladin", "The Rebel", and "Gunslinger". His album Solid Gold Guitar contained arrangements of "Jezebel", "Two Guitars", "Big Guitar", "I Walk the Line", and "Guitar Boogie". The Magnificent Seven album, other than the title track, consisted of a variety of pop songs with a jazzy bent. Guitars Guitars Guitars was similar. There was a wide variety to his albums — soft pop, Italian, Hawaiian, country, jazz. In the early 1970s he continued on the Avalanche Recordings label, producing similar work including the album Theme From the 'Magnificent 7 Ride' '73. Later, on other labels, came some ethnic-themed instrumental albums such as In a Spanish Mood in 1982, and Italian instrumentals. In 1976, Caiola accompanied Sergio Franchi, Dana Valery, and Wayne J. Kirby (Franchi's musical director) on a concert tour to Johannesburg, South Africa. Caiola died in Allendale, New Jersey, at the age of 96

Tony Mottola ---- Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville. Like many of his contemporaries, Mottola started out learning to play the banjo and then took up the guitar. He had his first guitar lessons from his father. He toured with an orchestra led by George Hall in 1936, marking the beginning of his professional life. His first recordings were duets with guitarist Carl Kress.[1][2] In 1956 he collaborated with accordionist John Serry Sr. in a recording of "Leone Jump" for Sonora Records which was played in jukeboxes throughout the U.S. His only charted single as a soloist was "This Guy's in Love with You", which reached No. 22 on the Billboard magazine Easy Listening Top 40 in the summer of 1968. Mottola worked often on television, appearing as a regular on shows hosted by vocalist Perry Como and comedian Sid Caesar and as music director for the 1950s series Danger. From 1958–1972, he was a member of The Tonight Show Orchestra led by Skitch Henderson.[1][2] He composed music for the TV documentary Two Childhoods, which was about Vice President Hubert Humphrey and writer James Baldwin, and won an Emmy Award for his work.[2] In 1980, Mottola began performing with Frank Sinatra, often in duets, appearing at Carnegie Hall and the White House.[1][2] He retired from the music business in 1988 but kept playing at home almost every day.

Bucky Pizzarelli --- John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli (born January 9, 1926) is an American jazz guitarist. He is the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he has collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, and Stéphane Grappelli. Pizzarelli cites as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps

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Vic Cenicola -- Vic Cenicola has been rewarding others with his distinctive and intoxicating sounds for over forty years. A master jazz guitarist, Vic has performed with some of the world?s greatest jazz musicians, including, Stan Getz, Joe Morello, Claudio Roditi and Gloria Lynn to name a few. He has toured the country with the famous Guy Lombardo Orchestra and with the Les Elgart Band. In New Jersey, Vic Cenicola?s name is synonymous with jazz guitar. Since the late 1950?s he has appeared in nearly every major jazz club, lounge and restaurant in New York and New Jersey. These include the famous Blue Note in New York, Gullivar?s, Shanghai Jazz and Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair. Vic has also performed in many jazz concerts at major colleges and Universities in New Jersey.

D'Angelico Excel SS

Gretsch G2420 Streamliner Hollowbody - Aged Brooklyn Burst, Gretsch Chromatic II Tailpiece

Guild X-400

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My Guild Manhattan x-175

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Pure Imagination "Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. It was written by British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. It was sung by Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka). Michael Feinstein recorded a version of "Pure Imagination" for his 1992 children's album of the same title. Lou Rawls recorded a version of "Pure Imagination" for his 1976 album All Things in Time.

If You Go Away Ne me quitte pas 2019

Two Cigarettes In The Dark 2019

If I Only Had A Brain 2019

I Can't Stop Loving You Is a song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 30, 1957, for RCA Victor Records.

Dear Heart 2019 "Dear Heart" is a song written by Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, and Jay Livingston and performed by Andy Williams.

Take Me In Your Arms (Pre 1945) 2019 Writer: Mitchell Parish; Fred Markush; Fritz Rotter Recordings by Vic Damone Four Aces Don Cornell The Four King Sisters with the Freddy Martin Orchestra

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother 2019

Since I Don't Have You 2019

Stella by Starlight 2019

Acercate Mas Come Closer To Me

Why Did I Choose You

Cold Cold Heart

Why Shouldn't I

I See Your Face Before Me

What I Did For Love

Moonlight In Vermont

April In Paris

Stompin at the Savoy

Corcovado

Remember When

I'll Always Be In Love With You

While We're Young

If I Give My Heart To You

Tangerine

Everything I Have Is Yours

My Romance

I Want A Little Girl (Billy Moll / Murray Mancher) Count Basie & His Orch. - 1956 Big Joe Turner - 1956 Ray Charles - 1958 Benny Goodman's Big Band - 1958 Billy Eckstine (with Count Basie & His Orch.) - 1959 Vic Damone - 1962 Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One - 1964

Memphis In June from the 1945 film Johnny Angel from director Edwin Martin. Notable Recordings: Hoagy Carmichael Julie London Nina Simone Ramsey Lewis Annie Lennox Johnny Mercer Matt Monro Lucy Ann Polk

Little Girl Blue a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935

Soon It's Gonna Rain is a song from the musical comedy The Fantasticks, with lyrics written by Tom Jones, and music composed by Harvey Schmidt.

I Love How You Love Me

It Might As Well Be Spring

For Me, For You, For Evermore

I Want To Talk About You

Sleep Walk

You've Got A Friend

I Waited For You Dizzy Gillespie / Walter Fuller Recorded by Dizzy Gillespie Miles Davis Chet Baker Roland Kirk Clifford Jordan

Didn't We

"Do It Again" is an American popular song by composer George Gershwin and lyricist Buddy DeSylva. The song premiered in the 1922 Broadway show The French Doll, as performed by actress Irène Bordoni.

It's A Lonesome Old Town

It's Impossible Vocal by Kathy White

A Ghost of a Chance Vocal by Kathy White

It's Impossible (Somos Novios)

Yellow Days Vocal by Kathy White

“Look To The Sky” is a great Bossa Nova my Antonio Carlos Jobim, who’s the undisputed master of the genre. The song was included on Jobim’s third album, Wave, which was released in 1967 and also featured the famous title track.

Wish You Were Here, a 1952 Broadway musical,.

Soul Eyes

April in Portugal

Yellow Days

What Are You Doing The Rest Of You Life? Vocal by Kathy White

Sealed With A Kiss In 1962, Brian Hyland, who often performed Udell's and Geld's material, covered the song. Hyland's single began its run on June 1, 1962 and became a hit, reaching No. 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.[3] The personnel on the original Brian Hyland recording included Mundell Lowe, Al Caiola on guitar, Gary Geld on piano, George Duvivier on bass, Blackie Shackner on harmonica, Gary Chester on drums, and Sticks Evans and Al Rogers on percussion.

Never My Love "Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Donald and Richar... read mored Addrisi and best known from a hit 1967 recording by The Associatio

"I Wanna Be Loved" (from the 1933 version of the 1931 revue Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt) is a popular song with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman and Billy Rose, published in 1933. The song is a standard, with many recorded versions. Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers

The Breeze and I "The Breeze and I" is a popular song. The original music (instrumental only) entitled Andalucía, was written by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona as part of his Suite Andalucía in 1928. Emilio de Torre added Spanish lyrics, and English lyrics were added in 1940 by Al Stillman. The best-known version of the song is that by Jimmy Dorsey in 1940

They Didn't Believe Me Vocal by Kathy White

Mary's Boy Child Vocal by Kathy White

Mary's Boy Child

Moment to Moment Vocal by Kathy White

Yesterday, When I Was Young (Hier Encore) Vocal by Kathy White

L'hymne à l'amour If You Love Me

Cade Voce A song composed by Odair José, which was recorded by himself in the early 1970s and in 1990 broke the charts in the voices of the duo Leandro and Leonardo, and was also recorded by Roberta Miranda.

Black Coffee Vocal by Kathy White

"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Vocal by Kathy White

Moment To Moment

The Twelfth of Never a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year. The song's title comes from the popular expression "the 12th of Never", which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass.[1] In the case of the song, "the 12th of Never" is given as the date on which the singer will stop loving his beloved, thus indicating that he will always love her. The song draws a similar link between the cessation of love and a number of other events expected never to happen.

Hot Toddy Vocal by Kathy White

Hot Toddy

Trust In Me (1937 song) Trust in Me" is a song written by Ned Wever, Milton Ager, and Jean Schwartz. Popular versions in 1937 were by Mildred Bailey and by Wayne King & His Orchestra.[1] It was subsequently revived by Eddie Fisher.

"Somewhere Along the Way" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen under the pseudonym Kurt Adams, the lyrics by Sammy Gallop. The sheet music was published in 1952. The original recording by Nat King Cole[1] was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2069. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on May 23, 1952 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8.[2] The song became the opening track to Nat's 1952 album 8 Top Pops. Cole re-recorded the song in stereo for his album The Nat King Cole Story (1961).

I Understand

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Song Is Ended Vocal by Kathy White

I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life

The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)

Traces Vocal by Kathy White

Vic Cenicola Alone Together

Vic Cenicola & Al Caiola at Glen Rock Inn 2013

Vic Cenicola-Jazz Guitarist. The tune is Slides, written by Vic from his CD "On The Gr... read moreeen Light" For information on how to obtain this cd, please contact mariobavafan@yahoo.comCD features Vic Cenicola Guitar, Sal Larocca Drums, Stephen Roane Bass.

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Could It Be You (A Cole Porter song)

"Somewhere Along the Way" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen under the pseudonym Kurt Adams, the lyrics by Sammy Gallop. The sheet music was published in 1952. The original recording by Nat King Cole[1] was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2069. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on May 23, 1952 and lasted 22 weeks

"A Garden in the Rain" is a popular song. The music was composed by Carroll Gibbons, the lyrics by James Dyrenforth. The song was published in 1928.

Wonderful! Wonderful!" is a popular music song written by Sherman Edwards, with lyrics by Ben Raleigh.[1] The song was first published in 1957. In the United States, a recording by Johnny Mathis[2] reached number 14 on the Billboard charts. In the United Kingdom, Ronnie Hilton recorded a version that reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Thanks for the Memory" (1938) is a popular song, with music composed by Ralph Rainger and lyrics by Leo Robin.[1] It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and recorded by Shep Fields and His Orchestra featuring John Serry Sr. on accordion and vocals by Bob Goday.[2] Dorothy Lamour's solo recording of the song was also popular, and has led to many mistakenly believing over the years that it was she, and Hope, who sang the tune in the film (in which Lamour also appeared).

That Sunday, That Summer ---- is a swing ballad, written by Joe Sherman and George David Weiss and published in 1963. The best-known version, by Nat King Cole, reached #12 on the Billboard charts in 1963

Trouble In Mind Is a slow eight-bar blues song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. The first known recording of the song was in 1924 by singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones providing the piano accompaniment.

Patricia Is a popular song with music by Pérez Prado and lyrics by Bob Marcus, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to No.1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week to the then newly-introduced Billboard Hot 100 chart