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| The Cutting Room Presents: Frank Vignola's Guitar Night The Cutting Room Presents: Frank Vignola's Guitar Night: with Al Caiola, Vinny Raniolo and Special Surprise Guest. Tue, June 3, 2014. The Cutting Room, 44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016. The Cutting Room and Frank Vignola are pleased to announce a very special evening featuring the 94 year old guitar legend Al Caiola accompanied by Frank's duo guitar partner Vinny Raniolo and a very special surprise guest. This one night only event is a rare opportunity to see one of the all-time legends of the guitar Mr. Al Caiola. Born Alexander Emil Caiola, September 7, 1920, in Jersey City, New Jersey his ability as a guitarist to play in many styles; jazz, country, rock, western, and pop made him an in-demand session player in the busy recording scene centered in New York City during the 1950s and 60s. As a sideman and a leader he's appeared on over 50 albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars in the business including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett to name a few. His guitar work is heard not only on many pop hits of the day, but many TV and film soundtracks too: The Magnificent Seven, From Russia with Love, Bonanza, The Ballad of Paladin, The Rebel and Gunslinger being some of the more notable ones from that era. Still active into his 9th decade he tours on a regular basis with pop vocal legend Steve Lawrence. Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world's top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Emmanuel, Mark OConnor, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his "Five Most Admired Guitarists List" for the Wall Street Journal. Vignolašs jaw-dropping technique explains why the New York Times deemed him "one of the brighteststars of the guitar". At age 26, Vinny Raniolo has already performed at some of the top venues in the world with his music. Vinny is dedicated to his career as a professional touring musician, studio musician, educator, and arranger. Vinny has been on numerous recordings with Bucky Pizzarelli, Tommy Emmanuel, Tony Trishka, Matt Flinner, Ken Peplowski to name a few. Vinny is also an experienced educator and has taught classes at Bowling Green University, Kent State University, Asiago Music Conservatory, and others. In addition to Al, Frank and Vinny there will be a very special surprise guest guitarist. write your comments about the article :: Š 2014 Jazz News :: home page |