For more than six decades, the legendary Bucky Pizzarelli has been a fixture in jazz since the early fifties. The list of big bands and vocalists with whom Bucky has performed and recorded reads like a veritable "Who's Who" of jazz.
Bucky Pizzarelli was filmed for the exhibition Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York (February 9–July 4, 2011).
Bucky Pizzarelli demonstrates the use of a rhythm guitar
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