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 THE “BOBBY T” TRIO
FEATURING: DOM CICCHETTI


WITH SPECIAL GUEST:
 LARRY CHANCE…“AS YOU NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE”

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9th, 2010   7:00 PM

A Special Dinner/Cabaret Show

SEATING IS LIMITED AND WILL BE BY RESERVATION ONLY!

                         

        For decades, Larry Chance and Bobby T have delighted audiences performing their hits within the Doo Wop genre.
 It may come as a pleasant surprise for some fans, that they are also accomplished Jazz artists.                                 
        Join them as they perform the music they love while bringing you to new levels of listening pleasure.

BOBBY "T" spent most of his childhood listening to Jazz and Jazz drummers. Gene Krupa was a huge influence and is still Bobby's idol. Bobby "T" backed up Dion at neighborhood functions. At an audition for the ''Earls'', he learned that they needed a drummer.  Bobby auditioned, and was chosen for the group. Bobby has backed up such luminaries as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Ruby and the Romantics, The Shirelles, Chubby Checker, The Flamingos, The Drifters, and Patti La Belle. Although Bobby thoroughly enjoyed working with all of these incredibly talented artists, he was always hungry to exercise his true love, jazz.  Bobby eventually formed the Bobby T Quintet which featured Bubba Brooks who performed with the Harlem Renaissance Band and with Anita O'Day, world renowned jazz singer and bass player Nancy Reed, and the late great jazz pianist, Danny Girlando.  Bobby's passion lives on with this great new trio! 
 

DOM CICCHETTI studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and toured with many legendary stars including Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Sammy Davis Jr., Marvin Hamlisch and Michael Fienstein on such world-renowned stages as Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and The London Palladium - not to mention The White House. Other world tours include Blood, Sweat and Tears, Meatloaf and David Johannsen. Dom's music can also be heard on the daytime soap opera, All My Children, and in the Robert DeNiro film, A Bronx Tale. Most recently he was musical director for The Mancini Project, a theatrical workshop based upon Henry Mancini's music.

LEW SCOTT is one of the most sought after bassists in the New York area. He has performed with such notables as Clark Terry, Conti Condoli, Frank Rosolino, Joe Lavano, Herb Ellis, George Coleman, Dave Liebman, Jack Sheldon, Peggy Stern, and many others. He has toured with vocalist Melba Moore, Lainie Kazan, and Nnena Frelon. He has also worked with Anita O'day, Mark Murphy, and many others, including Robert Goulet, Vic Damone, Sergio Franchi, Jerry Vale, Al Martino, Eddie Fisher, Florence Henderson, and Lucie Arnaz. Among the groups he has worked with include the Four Aces and the Fifth Dimension. Lew Scott has been performing in the New York area since 1978.

SPECIAL GUEST: LARRY CHANCE

LARRY CHANCE & the Earls represent the music that helped define Rock 'N' Roll, the original doo wop era that put the street corner-society onto the national charts. In 1955 Larry's family moved from South Philly, to the Bronx, and it was there he discovered that vocal groups were to be found on almost every street corner.
He developed one of his own in 1957, with five friends, and called his group, the High-Hatters. By 1960 the group had evolved into what would then be called "the Earls". The rest is music history.
Now hear LARRY CHANCE like you've never heard him before.

RESERVE NOW!!

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9th, 2010   7:00 PM

A Special Dinner/Cabaret Show

SEATING IS LIMITED AND WILL BE BY RESERVATION ONLY!

CALL 914-709-1050

 

 

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"YONKERS MONDAY JAZZ" AT THE PIZZA PLACE CONTINUES IN AUGUST!

The Pizza Place Yonkers Monday Jazz Video #2 ("Corcovado")
RON MASCIANDARO, PRESIDENT OF "THE PIZZA PLACE" PRESENTS:

       PHOTOS: DONNA DAVIS
LIVE JAZZ/MUSIC EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

RESERVATIONS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!
1st set starts at 7:00 PM
SPECIAL DINNER MENU  /  BYOB
 
 
SEP 9th
THE “BOBBY T” TRIO

                 
DINNER / CABARET  SHOW  7:00 PM  (CALL 914-709-1050 FOR DETAILS)
RESERVATIONS ONLY

THE “BOBBY T” TRIO
FEATURING: DOM CICCHETTI
WITH SPECIAL GUEST:
 LARRY CHANCE…
“AS YOU NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE”
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT: BY RESERVATION ONLY; LIMITED SEATING FOR DINNER / CABARET SHOW
CALL 914-709-1050 FOR INFO AND RESERVATIONS
 
SEP 16th
MJ TERRITO TRIO
MJ Territo is a jazz vocalist with a background in cabaret and theatre. Her repertoire ranges from standards to bebop, Brazil to Broadway. She especially enjoys discovering and sharing lesser-known song gems with her audiences. MJ is also a songwriter and lyricist. As a music educator, MJ is a frequent conference and convention presenter, traveling the US to promote early childhood music and family music-making.
SEP 23rd
JAN LEDER
Jan's repertoire includes standard bebop, swing, blues and bossa novas as well as her own unique jazz compositions. If you check out only one new artist this year, make it Jan Leder. If you love Jazz flute, you will enjoy listening to Jan Leder.
SEP 30th
JEFF PITTSON TRIO
 

Jeff Pittson, Piano.  Berklee College of Music alumni Jeff Pittson is a dynamic force in the world of jazz having performed and recorded with such luminaries as:  Joe Henderson, Mike Clark, Buster Williams, Steve Wilson, John Handy, Larry Coryell, Maynard Ferguson, Ruth Brown, and many others. He has written music for film (“Demon of the Derby-The Ann Calvello Story”) and produced albums for independent artists.  Mr. Pittson, who moved to NY in 2005, is active as an educator and adjudicator for festivals, was Lecturer in Jazz Piano at Sonoma State University, Instructor in Piano at the Jazzschool (Berkeley, CA), U.C. Berkeley, and has recently taught at Rutgers University and the City College of New York.

Shunzo Ohno, Trumpet. Grammy award winning artist Shunzo Ohno is a brilliant  trumpet stylist whose playing and original compositions have touched millions of people.  A versatile musician who has played, recorded  and toured with such renowned leaders as Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, Norman Connors and many others, Mr Ohno has 13 recordings under his own name as a leader and has appeared on  over thirty more as a sideman.  His fascinating life, with his triumph over illness and adversity is the subject of a biography, "Trumpet of Hope" and a documentary, "Trumpet of Glory. Fuji Television featured his story on the primetime show "Unbelievable."

Mark Hagan, bass. Mark Hagan attended Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston, where he received a BM in Composition. Mr Hagan worked as a composer, writing music for the Nickelodeon Cable television channel shortly after arriving in New York, while doing graduate studies at The Manhattan School of Music. He has been performing throughout the NYC area in clubs concerts and on and off in Broadway shows as well as traveling through out the globe for various tours. A few of the names he has performed, recorded and collaborated with are David Sanborn, James Williams, Joel Forrester, Mike Stern and Dakota Staton. He is currently under contract with Engine Studios where his first solo recording project “The Nuvo Trio” was recently released.