Passion Guitars | ||||
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Released | May 4, 1999 | |||
Recorded | January 15, 1997 | |||
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Length | 62:30 | |||
Label | Groove Jams | |||
Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
AllMusic | [2] (reissue) |
Passion Guitars is a studio album by Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli containing swing and Latin jazz standards. The album was later released as Passionate Guitars by LRC Records in an attempt to shed this version's poor marketing, which confused potential buyers into thinking this was somehow a smooth jazz album. [2]
John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney; his father, jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli; and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey.
Harry Allen is an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Washington, D.C. Allen plays maintream jazz and bossa nova. He has performed live and recorded with Scott Hamilton, a tenor saxophonist to whom Allen has frequently been compared. He is best known for his work with John Colianni, Dori Caymmi, Keith Ingham, John Pizzarelli, and Bucky Pizzarelli.
John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli was an American jazz guitarist.
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