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Lew Del Gatto

The versatile Lew Del Gatto has been a dynamic figure in the New York music scene for over thirty years. His versatility and knowledgeable comprehension of musical art-form was the basis for a stellar career. He has been involved with jingles, films, jazz and television. He has been a saxophonist with the Saturday Night Live Band from the show’s beginning in 1975 to 1979. He continued back on the show from 1985 until 2005. Besides his contributions on bari sax and woodwinds, Lew was also involved as an arranger and contractor on this illustrious show.

A Misty Night for Dan Miller

September 3, 2022

Musician friends, family and friends, and students from near and far packed The Barrel Room at Twisted Vine Bistro in downtown Fort Myers on Thursday night, September 1, for a jazz night unlike any other the venue has seen. They were all there, standing room only through the first set, to celebrate the musical legacy of ...

The joy and legacy of the Duke Ellington songbook

January 12, 2022

Duke Ellington's impact on jazz seems beyond measure, no matter how you count it. He wrote, co-wrote or took credit for writing more than 1,000 compositions over a 50-year span. According to one family bio, it was more than 3,000 songs. The numbers really don't matter as much as the imprint Duke left on the music. ...

Jazz in the name of love - and loving it

December 11, 2021

With co-leader Dan Miller out of town, tenor saxophonist Lew Del Gatto brought in guitarist Frank Portolese to join the fun for the weekly quartet gig at The Barrel Room in downtown Fort Myers on Thursday, December 9. Trumpeter Miller was busy with jazz faculty duties at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. So the ...

Channeling two jazz tenor titans

January 22, 2016

Tenor saxophonists Lew Del Gatto and Jeff Rupert channeled the spirit and hard-driving swing of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims in their Friday matinee concert at the Venice (FL) Art Center. The South County Jazz Club event teamed the two tenors with pianist Richard Drexler, bassist Don Mopsick and drummer Tony Vigilante. All of the music ...

To Al and Zoot. With Love

By Lew Del Gatto

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Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Doodle Oodle (Billy Byers) - 5:50; 02. Blue Hodge (Gary McFarland) - 6:32; 03. Halley´s Comet (Al Cohn) - 4:20; 04. Saratoga Hunch (Dave Frishberg) - 7:23; 05. The Wailing Boat (Al Cohn) - 5:28; 06. P-Town (Al Cohn) - 5:22; 07. Mama Flosie (Al Cohn) - 6:02; 08. Morning Fun (Al Cohn) - 4:58; 09. Ballad Medley: The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael)/I Got It Bad (Duke Ellington) - 5:00; 10. Red Door (Gerry Mulligan/Zoot Sims) - 6:09; 11. Lover Come Back to Me (Hammerstein/Romberg) - 8:29.

Lew Del Gatto - Bob Keller: To Al and Zoot. With Love

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 20, 2009

Come si evince dal titolo, questo disco rappresenta un omaggio a due grandei del passato. Due musicisti che hanno fatto la storia del sassofono tenore, suonando per lo piú insieme in un quintetto che ebbe notevole successo: Al Cohn e Zoot Sims. Qui vengono ripescate dall´oblio cinque composizioni del primo, messe insieme a qualche standard famoso ...

Katewalk / David Phillips and Freedance

By Lew Del Gatto

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Released: 2000

Lew Del Gatto / David Phillips and Free Dance: Katewalk / David Phillips and Freedance

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2000

Diametrics. These two recent Naxos Jazz releases represent a study in contrasts. Katewalk is a tight, funky, driven affair while Freedance is, well, a Freedance! Del Gatto, a veteran of the Saturday Night Live band, takes a straight-ahead approach to his jazz. He employs Randy Brecker, Victor Lewis, and SNL band mate Steve Turre in his ...