Jazz Articles about Pizzarelli

Pizzarelli/Moore/Frigo/Alden: Hot Club of 52nd Street

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 25, 2004

Conceived by label owner David Chesky as a followup to last season's Four Generations of Miles , this project features four musicians who embody the spirit of post-war swing music but also play with equal skill and enthusiasm in the bebop genre. Chesky did not want to make this into a Django Reinhardt nostalgia piece replete with transcribed solos, etc.

As the session unfolds, there is a natural affinity towards the Reinhardt-Grappelli Hot Club with similar instrumentation and ...