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| Diane Marino Quartet at Birdland- May 14 When you combine an accomplished vocalist, pianist, and arranger all in one individual, you have the dynamic Diane Marino. Diane was born in Manhattan, NYC. She started her early piano training of classical studies and jazz improvisation from the age of 10. Diane graduated from NYC'S 'Famed' High School for the Performing Arts and later received her B.M. degree from Mannes College of Music in Manhattan as a piano performance major where she studied piano with world-renowned concert pianist Murray Perahia. In her over 25 year career, Diane has performed Great American Song Book, traditional jazz, Latin and Brazilian jazz to captivated audiences in jazz venues, performing arts centers and festivals such as Birdland - NYC, Blues Alley - D.C., Vitello's Jazz Club - L.A., Arts Garage-Del Ray Beach, Twins Jazz-D.C., Nighttown-Cleveland, Heidi's Jazz Club-Cocoa Beach, Trumpets Jazz Club -NJ, Germantown Performing Arts Center, The Metropolitan Room-NYC, Bethesda Blues & Jazz - D.C, Montreux Atlanta Festival, Town Point Jazz Festival, Music City Jazz Festival. "Diane Marino is an unusually unique talent- great pianist, vocalist and arranger"- Les Davis- Real Jazz-Sirius/XM "Diane gives a new and exciting twist to some venerable standards-Jazz in its purist form"_John Gilbert-Jazz Review "Marino has an exceptional ability to enunciate a lyric clearly, and her timing fits that of a piano player, making the note hit just the right place for the most swinging effect" - Jazz Weekly.com "Diane plays grooving piano, and as for Diane's vocal skills, she's one of the best I've heard in the past several years. Her voice and phrasing are great"- Ric Bang- Jazz Scan "Diane Marino is a most worthwhile singer/pianist/arranger. Some of the most delicate and carefully laid back singing you'll ever hear - Ms. Marino's piano/vocal just can't be bettered" Dan Singer-Singer' Singers "Saxophonist Ralph Lalama and his quartet deliver the electricity that will turn you on and keep you charged up till the end" Edward Blanco - ejazznews "Lalama is cut from a similar mold as [Sonny] Rollins: robust tone; strong beat; melodic inventiveness on jazz and popular standards; all suspended on a harmonic tightrope."- Tom Reney, WFCR "Lalama is a grand, modern-minded storyteller… a first-class jazz soloist."- Zan Stewart- Downbeat Returning to Birdland - Thursday, May 14 at 6:00pm...Please join us! Diane Marino: Piano/Vocals Ralph Lalama: Sax Frank Marino: Bass Pete Van Nostrand: Drums 315 W 44TH STREET, NYC, NY (BETWEEN 8TH &9th Ave) write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |