Jazz concert in Sugar Loaf to feature three headline guitarists

| 29 Sep 2011 | 11:35

    Sugar Loaf — Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene Bertoncini, and Frank Vignola will headline a jazz concert at the Pavilion in Sugar Loaf’s Lycian Center on Saturday, March 3, at 8 p.m. Pizzarelli has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional jazz alive. The list of big bands and vocalists with whom he has performed and recorded reads like a veritable Who’s Who of Jazz. He joined Vaughn Monroe’s band while still in high school and later played with studio bands at the major networks. There he distinguished himself as one of the best rhythm guitarists in the business. His fluid technique and lyricism have won him international praise and accolades as the “Segovia of jazz.” An eloquent improviser, Bertoncini has been heard with an extraordinary range of jazz greats, including performances and recordings with Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, and Wayne Shorter, as well as such distinguished singers as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Vic Damone and Edye Gorme. The Washington Post proclaimed his solo appearances in New York City the best jazz concert of the year (1999). Guitarist Frank Vignola is one of the most highly sought after acoustic guitarists on the planet. At 22, having honed his chops in the New York City jazz world, he was contracted by Concord Jazz, for whom he made four records as a band leader in the early and mid-1990s. He has toured and recorded with the likes of Bucky Pizzarelli, Les Paul, Lionel Hampton, Donald Fagen, and Queen Latifah. Tickets are $25. For reservations call 845-258-3019. Tickets can also be purchased at Village Music, 31 Main St., Warwick by calling 845-988-5225, or at Van Gelder Music, 562 Route 17M, Monroe, by calling 845-774-7224.