Jazz Articles about Joe Darro

Joe Darro: The Quintessence of Las Vegas

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 20, 2024

Jazz pianist, vocalist, and Master entertainer, Joe Darro easily bests Wayne Newton as possessing the title of “Mr. Las Vegas." Now approaching 90, Darro has been as much of a fixture in Sin City as its iconic “Welcome" sign. Originally from Albany, New York and playing and vocalizing for almost eighty years, Darro has been behind the 88s and befriended by names that lit up the Strip and are in Encyclopedia of Jazz--Bobby Sherwood,, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack ...