Triple Play (Martin Pizzarelli album)

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Triple Play
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Studio album by Martin Pizzarelli
Released May 24, 2004 (2004-05-24)
Genre Jazz, swing
Label Victoria

Triple Play is the debut album by jazz double-bassist Martin Pizzarelli, who can often be found performing in trios led by his brother, John Pizzarelli. This album features Martin Pizzarelli with his father, Bucky Pizzarelli, on guitar and with Ray Kennedy, pianist from John Pizzarelli's trio.

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Martin Pizzarelli American musician

Martin Pizzarelli is a jazz double-bassist who is best known for his work with his brother John Pizzarelli, appearing on many of his albums in a swing trio that includes pianists Ray Kennedy and Larry Fuller. He has recorded one album as bandleader for Victoria Records with Kennedy and his father, legendary swing guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He has also appeared on all albums released by John's wife, Jessica Molaskey.

John Pizzarelli American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader

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.

Track listing

  1. Bye Bye Blackbird
  2. Tour’s End
  3. As Long As I Live
  4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  5. Triple Play
  6. Moonglow
  7. Sister Sadi
  8. Parkside
  9. So That’s Czak
  10. Gee Baby
  11. Ain’t I Good to You
  12. Undecided
  13. Strayhorn

Personnel

Bucky Pizzarelli American Jazz guitarist and banjoist

John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli is an American jazz guitarist. He is the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians he has collaborated with includes Benny Goodman, Les Paul, and Stéphane Grappelli. Pizzarelli cites as influences Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Raymond Huston "Ray" Kennedy Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of John Pizzarelli's trio for more than a decade and recorded more than 10 albums under his own name.

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