Over the past four decades he’s become one of the most acclaimed interpreters of classic and modern song and an influential advocate for the continuing evolution of the standards songbook! “It’s his guitar playing that truly places him in a class of his own,” states the NEW YORKER.
World-Renowned GRAMMY® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer JOHN PIZZARELLI has been hailed by the BOSTON GLOBE for "reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz." Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, and the Beatles. While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work, Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli's hero and foundation over the last 25 years. Pizzarelli received the "Ella Fitzgerald Award" from the Montreal International Jazz Festival, joining a select group of winners including Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Etta James, Diana Krall, and Harry Connick Jr. "The music is, as always, magnificent; the singing is, as always, exceptional," raves the HUFFINGTON POST. "A rare entertainer of the old school," states the SEATTLE TIMES. "The genial genius of the guitar," says the TORONTO STAR.