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An evening with Bucky and John Pizzarelli in conversation with Robert Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum
- Title
- An evening with Bucky and John Pizzarelli in conversation with Robert Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum [sound recording].
- Author
- Pizzarelli, Bucky.
- Publication
- 2009.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDCO 816 Program | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | 2 discs in one case | Audio | Use in library | *LDCO 816 CD 2 discs in one case | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 2 sound discs (95 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Bucky and John Pizzarelli talk with Robert Santelli about their early roots in New Jersey, starting in Paterson; Bucky's uncles, Peter and Bob Dominick, and how they used to play music every Sunday; Bucky's love for American standards; uncles Peter and Bob Dominick; playing with Joe Mooney, Zoot Sims, and others; John growing up getting inspiration and learning music from the same men that Bucky had grown and learned with; John starting banjo lessons with uncle Bob; their father/son relationship; Bucky never judging any type or genre of music John would bring home; learning songs to begin conversations; the privilege of playing the music you love daily, for a living; Bucky playing shows in his last weeks of high school and getting hooked; when Bucky was drafted in April of 1944 and playing in an unauthorized military band; how guitar was mostly rhythmic in the 1930s and 1940s; the three people Bucky grew up knowing he wanted to work with: Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman; Bucky and Benny Goodman in the 1960s; Bucky's relationship with Benny Goodman; Bucky hearing George Barnes on the radio and later playing with him in New York in 1950; John listening to every record his father made alongside the music of his generation; John loving Peter Frampton; John starting to play with Bucky at age 16; George Van Epps and the seven-string guitar; Bucky recording parts on all genres of music; Bucky touring Europe with Benny Goodman's band and the resulting "Live in Stockholm" recording; sessions in the studio by day, playing jazz by night; John becoming his own musician; how hearing Nat King Cole changed John's life; Stash Records recording John in 1983; John being able to have Bucky, Milt Hinton, Clark Terry and Mel Lewis on his first record; Bucky's pride in John; origins of the song "I like Jersey best"; John's tenure with Bucky including ear training, playing summers at the Pierre Hotel, watching Bucky teach himself classical guitar; Bucky's love of guitar and how he will never retire; how strangers come to attach themselves to Bucky and how Bucky never turns guitar enthusiasts away; John's ability to turn it off and take a break; how young people are learning more about earlier music; how technology provides access to earlier music and artists; learning the standards; the importance of finding a place to play in the corner and publicly make mistakes; learning by playing; arrangements of songs; playing by ear versus sight reading; bossa nova coming to New York in the 1960s; difference between playing in a studio and playing live; the importance of a good sound engineer who works without imposing on the session; Bucky's feelings about Django Reinhardt; the importance of being a good listener.
- Series Statement
- Duke jazz series
- Uniform Title
- Duke jazz series.
- Subject
- Note
- An interview with Bucky and John Pizzarelli conducted by Robert Santelli in New York, N.Y. on Feb. 11, 2009; guitar performances throughout the interview.
- Duke jazz talks is a collaboration between The New York Public Library, the GRAMMY Museum, and The Recording Academy, New York chapter.
- Copy of program available.
- Separate video recording of this interview held under *LDV 1239.
- Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Feb. 11, 2009, by Tom Zafian.
- Funding (note)
- Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
- Contents
- [Opening announcements (00:01-5:00) -- [Interview (5:00-23:00)] -- [Performance of Honeysuckle rose (23:00-30:00)] -- [Interview continues (30:00-44:00)] -- [Performance of It's been a long, long time (44:00-47:00)] -- [Interview continues (47:00-50:00)] -- [Performance of I like Jersey best (50:00-53:00)] -- [Interview continues (53:00-62:00)] -- [Question and answer (62:00-81:00)] -- [Performance of Nuages (81:00-87:00)] -- [Performance of in a Mellow tone (87:00-92:00)] -- [Audience (92:00-95:00)].
- Call Number
- *LDCO 816
- OCLC
- 317159479
- Author
- Pizzarelli, Bucky. Interviewee
- Title
- An evening with Bucky and John Pizzarelli in conversation with Robert Santelli, executive director of the GRAMMY Museum [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2009.
- Series
- Duke jazz seriesDuke jazz series.
- Funding
- Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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- Added Author
- Santelli, Robert. InterviewerZafian, Tom. Recording engineerGRAMMY Museum.National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.). New York chapter.Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Research Call Number
- *LDCO 816