What a nice surprise! Singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli has come up with solo takes on more than a dozen Pat Metheny compositions. As they both show deep respect for each other in a recent JazzTimes interview where John was asked to talk to Pat about his new “Road To The Sun” album, recorded by…
Singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli celebrates Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim and the 50th anniversary of their joint collaboration which ended up on the 1967 LP “Frances Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim”. Thankfully, John left out the obvious “Girl From Ipanema” (except for a tiny little snippet which you’ll read about later), but…
Singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli opens his new album with songs written by Paul McCartney with “Silly Love Songs”, recorded for the 1976 Wings LP “Wings At The Speed Of Sound” and arranges it with a sweet and catchy background courtesy of Jessica Molaskey and Madeleine Pizzarelli. It reminds me of his equally poignant version…