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A Swell Double-Date with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey

Source: Michael Ricci

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They're sort of the George Burns-Gracie Allen of music, but with a gender switch from that late, revered comedy couple.

Guitarist and crooner John Pizzarelli is the zany Gracie of this pair. And his singer-actress wife, Jessica Molaskey, plays the calm, droll George Burns role to perfection in their act.

Together, they make a charming twosome, musically and otherwise, at Jazz Alley, where the couple continues a four-night stand through Sunday.

During Thursday's highly satisfying opening show, the fleet-fingered instrumentalist and savvy vocalist Pizzarelli reminded the packed crowd that he first appeared at Jazz Alley in the early 1990s.

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