Search - Artist/Band: Bucky Pizzarelli

• Name: Bucky Pizzarelli
• Birthday: 01/09/1926
• Birth Place: Paterson, NJ
• Decades Active: 1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Swing, Standards
• Moods: Elegant, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Refined/Mannered, Reserved, Delicate

Title	Release
So Hard to Forget	2008
Generations W	04/10/2007
5 for Freddie: Bucky's Tribute to Freddie Green	02/13/2007
The Best of Bucky and John Pizzarelli	02/28/2006
Moonglow	07/19/2005
Green Guitar/Cafe Pierre	09/16/2004
Flashes: Solo 7-String Guitar, Vol. 3 WA	09/07/2004
Italian Intermezzo	03/28/2003
Manhattan Swing: A Visit With the Duke WA	09/04/2001
Passionate Guitars	07/03/2001
One Morning in May	06/05/2001
Sonatina	2001
April Kisses	09/14/1999
Passion Guitars WA	05/04/1999
Contrasts	02/09/1999
Solos & Duets	07/23/1996
Nirvana	08/01/1995
A Portrait	1992
Guitar Quintet	1988
Solo Flight	1986
Complete Guitar Duos	03/19/1984
Send in the Clowns

A superior guitarist appreciated by swing musicians in particular, Bucky Pizzarelli has been a fixture in jazz and the studios since the early '50s. Self-taught, Pizzarelli has long been a master of the seven-string guitar. He toured with Vaughn Monroe before and after a stint in the military. In 1952, Pizzarelli joined the staff of NBC and 12 years later he switched to ABC; in addition, he worked with The Three Sounds (1956-1957) and had several tours with Benny Goodman. In the 1970s he was more active in jazz, co-leading a duo with George Barnes and working with Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman, and Stéphane Grappelli, among many others. Pizzarelli has since kept up a busy recording schedule and plays often at jazz parties. Bucky has also recorded with his son, John Pizzarelli, on an occasional basis since the early '80s, including the albums Nirvana (1995), Solos & Duets (1996), Contrasts (1999), Passionate Guitars (2001), and Generations (2007). Also in 2007 the senior Pizzarelli recorded 5 for Freddie: Bucky's Tribute to Freddie Green on the Arbors label. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide