Joe Venuti, Zoot Sims, and Bucky Pizzarelli. Practicing in a rehearsal room, New York, 1975

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Joe Venuti, Zoot Sims, and Bucky Pizzarelli practicing in a rehearsal room, New York, 1975.

Joe Venuti (by name Giuseppe “ Joe“ Venuti) was an American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist. He was classically trained in the violin from a young age and studied solfeggio with his grandfather. He later said that while he studied music from him, he did not learn any one instrument but rather music theory in general. He began studying the violin in Philadelphia, and later claimed to have studied at a conservatory, without providing any corroborating details. Despite this, his style of playing was characteristic of someone who had a solid basis in violin technique.

b. September 16, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
d. August 14, 1978 in Seattle, Washington.

Zoot Sims (by name John Haley “Zoot“ Sims) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and later soprano) saxophone. . Growing up in a performing family, he learned to play drums and clarinet at an early age. His Brother was the trombonist, Ray Sims.

b. October 29, 1925 in Inglewood, California.
d. March 23, 1985 New York.

Bucky Pizzarelli (by name John Paul “Bucky” Pizzarelli) was an American jazz guitarist.
He learned to play guitar and banjo at a young age. His uncles, Pete and Bobby Domenick, were professional musicians, and sometimes the extended family would gather at one of their homes with their guitars for jam sessions. Pizzarelli cited blind accordion player Joe Mooney as an inspiration. Mooney led a quartet that included Pizzarelli's uncle, Bobby Domenick. During high school, Pizzarelli was the guitarist for a small band that performed classical music.

b. January 9, 1926 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
d. April 1, 2020 in Saddle River, New Jersey.

Unknown saxophonist in the background.

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