John Pizzarelli
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Alys Stephens Center 1200 10th Ave. S., Birmingham, Alabama
John Pizzarelli has cultivated a winning international career by singing classic standards and late-night ballads, and by playing sublime and inventive guitar. Using greats like Nat “King” Cole and Frank Sinatra and the songs of writers like Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen as touchstones, Pizzarelli is among the prime revivalists of the great American songbook, bringing to his work the cool jazz flavor of his brilliant guitar-playing. He continues to tour throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Japan, performing classic pop, jazz and swing, while setting the standard for stylish modern jazz.
“Mr. Pizzarelli is both jazz virtuoso and a skilled interpreter of the Great American Songbook.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette