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A living encyclopedia of the best popular music that the West has ever produced.


—James Taylor


World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has dedicated many of his albums to the great songwriters and performers who helped establish the Great American Songbook and the pop music canon. On his latest album, Stage and Screen, Pizzarelli and his remarkable trio explore the Broadway stage and the silver screen for more immortal songs from the past century.


The album’s cleverly chosen repertoire spans nearly nine decades, starting with a pair of songs from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette (“I Want to Be Happy” and “Tea for Two”) and leading into the 21st century with “I Love Betsy” from Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon in Vegas. In between, there are pieces by such iconic songwriters and composers as Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, Sammy Cahn, and Jule Styne, as well as songs immortalized in cinema favorites such as Casablanca.


Pizzarelli is joined by his trio, which features bassist Mike Karn and pianist Isaiah J. Thompson, two tremendous talents with whom Pizzarelli has discovered a scintillating chemistry.

Phoenix

United States

Arizona

4725 E. Mayo Blvd.

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)

John Pizzarelli Trio

Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars presents more than 70 of the most extraordinary and sought-after string instruments from iconic European makers of the 16th to the 19th century. Spectacular violins, guitars, lutes, and bows show how exceptionally skilled makers elevated fine string instruments into timeless masterpieces that remain astonishing today.

Events at Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), United States

In the morning

Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars Exhibit

In the evening

John Pizzarelli Trio