Frank Marino

Frank Marino is an accomplished, versatile Bassist who plays both Acoustic Upright and Electric bass. He primarily plays Jazz, but is proficient in all styles of music. He is a Bass instructor as well. Frank is from NYC where in addition to many years as a performer, was a Faculty member at the Westchester Conservatory of Music for 10 years. He is the founder of the Brazilian group, "Som Brasileiro" and together with his wife, Jazz recording artist Diane Marino, has appeared in many Jazz Festivals and venues. He also appears on Diane's recordings on M&M Records...all which have charted on the National Jazz charts in the US. He is a current member of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra. Frank graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mercy College/Westchester Conservatory and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music/Jazz Performance. Formal studies with Lyn Christie, Jack Messing, Irwin Stahl, Richard Davis, Bill Blossom and Ron McClure.

Diane Marino: Romance In The Dark

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by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 9, 2024

Romance in the Dark, from highly-versatile vocalist-pianist-arranger Diane Marino and a team of Nashville's top studio players, offers 10 entertaining selections. Comprised of covers of well-known standards and classic soul material (with a handful-plus being remixed and remastered from the vocalist's previously released recordings), it is a thoroughly enjoyable and, yes, romantic effort. “Out of This World" opens the session in a lush exotic atmosphere. Originally recorded by Jo Stafford and nearly a jazz standard, Marino dives ...

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Diane Marino: I Hear Music

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by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 26, 2022

"I Hear Music," from Nashville-based vocalist, pianist and arranger Diane Marino, is a twelve-track retrospective of selections--famous and not so--drawn from the Songbook, as well as being associated with such great artists as Dakota Staton, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, and others. The opener, the rarely heard “I Hear Music," is Marino's fine upbeat take on an old Burton Lane & Frank Loesser tune from a forgetable pre-WWII film, “Dancing on a Dime" (Paramount Pictures, 1940). It is ...

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