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Joe Traina

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Joe Traina has been leader of the Joe Traina Quartet and Quintet since 1990 performing extensively throughout the New York Tri-State area in such notable establishments as The Supper Club, The National Arts Club, Tavern On The Green, Sardi's, Metronome, Times Square Grill, The Mamaroneck Country Club and 583 Park Avenue.

Mr. Traina and his group were the weekly attraction at world-famous Sardi's restaurant in New York's theatre district on Friday evenings for over two years in the Club Room and are currently returning there again on Tuesday nights starting September 25th. Many Broadway stars are expected to join Traina again including Michael Berresse, Michele Pawk, Karen Ziemba, Howard McGillin, Marin Mazzie and Jason Danielly.

An accomplished clarinetist and saxophonist, Mr. Traina has studied clarinet with Caesar Di Mauro, William Blount(former principal clarinetist of the Orchestra Of St. Luke's)and Jon Manasse and saxophone with jazz artists Michael Migliore, Charles Pillow and David Pietro.

Traina credits his earliest appreciation and knowledge of jazz to his longstanding relationship with late trumpet legend Don Joseph. Joseph was a constant influence on Traina's development of a singing and melodic voice on both instruments.

Mr. Traina has also presented numerous jazz concerts in New York over the past thirteen years featuring original contemporary compositions in his MOSTLY JAZZ series at the Greenwich House, the Hayden Planetarium and the Irish Arts Center.

Traina's third CD entitled “Tea For Two” was released to wide critical acclaim in December 2006 and features instrumentals of great American jazz standards by Porter, Berlin and Carmichael as well as the musicianship of Tim Regusis(piano), Sean Smith(bass), Scott Neumann(drums), Mike Karn (tenor sax), Memo Acevedo(percussion)and Pete McGuinness(Trombone/arranger/producer).

E-mail for Joe Traina: [email protected]