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Some of the tunes in my jukebox are available in my Audiolife store above. Click "downloads" to access them. For detailed info on each track click here.

Latest random video: Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night In Tunisia"--solo Guitar In The Kitchen

OK, after a lot of prodding I finally joined MySpace--I don't know what I'm doing but I'll give it a shot. If things get slow I can always fall back to my other job:

Photo by Craig Yaremko (hope you liked the courtesy shine--next time I see you I'll do the other shoe)

I'm a freelance guitarist/arranger/composer. I studied with jazz guitarists Jerry Hahn, Joe Cinderella, Chuck Wayne, Carmine D'Amico, classical guitar with Herbert Levine, flamenco guitar with Dennis Koster, arranging with Dave Berger and Don Sebesky.

Here's a description of the tunes in the MySpace Player--they are all my arrangements. All of the tracks except "End Of A Love Affair" and "Glory Of Love" are also my original compositions.

"Day Job" is from The Dalton Gang's most recent release, "Last Year's Waltz". The soloists are: Mark Friedman, flute; Frank Elmo, tenor, Vince Cherico, and myself, guitar. The other members of The Dalton Gang are: Conrad Zulauf, trombone, Vinnie Cutro, trumpet; Dan Nigro, bari; Mike DiLorenzo, keys; John Hughes, bass; Frank Valdes, percussion.

"Fran" is a guitar duet with myself--kind of an older style acoustic thing and I named the tune after my mother. I played the melody and solo with a 1980's Martin OM-28 and the rhythm guitar with a Heritage Golden Eagle.

"Cinzia",is played by the 18 piece Real Deal Big Band. The soloists are Freddie Hendrix, trumpet; Frank Elmo, tenor sax; Frank Valdes, percussion; Mike DiLorenzo, piano; with John Pendenza on lead trumpet, John Hughes on bass, and Vince Cherico on traps.

"End Of A Love Affair" is also the Real Deal Big band featuring myself on guitar and Mike DiLorenzo on organ.

"Theme From Banacek" is The Real Deal Big Band playing my arrangement of the tv theme featuring solos by Vinnie Cutro, trumpet; Frank Elmo, flute; Mark Friedman, alto; and myself on guitar; Karl Latham is on traps.

"The Glory Of Love" is my arrangement for The Real Deal Big Band featuring solos by Vinnie Borselli on trumpet and Mike DiLorenzo on piano.

"The Lights Of Bristol" is my original and features myself on acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, and slide guitar.

"Silk City" is from "Riverwalk"--music I wrote for string quartet and acoustic guitar--first performed in 1999. This was recorded at Luna Sound and featured the Seraphim String Quartet and myself on the Martin OM 28.

"Run Along Now" features my playing on the Martin and slide guitars.

To listen to additional compositions and recordings go here.

Here are some videos of various projects--all my arrangements and/or compositions--to see the lastest added videos scroll down to the bottom of the thumbnail to the right of each video section. The Real Deal Big Band videos featuring my guitar playing are: "End Of A Love Affair", "The Gypsy In My Soul", and "For Heaven's Sake". Don't forget to turn off the MySpace jukebox above before watching the videos.

THE DALTON GANG:

THE REAL DEAL BIG BAND:

The Real Deal Big Band performs my arrangement of Joao Donato's "Chombolero" at Trumpets in Montclair NJ 10/28/09 featuring solos by Dan Nigro, bari sax, and Regan Ryzuk, piano.

PATERSON NJ (original music, photos by Ellen Denuto)

SHEILA'S DREAM (original music, stock footage)

WALKING HOME from a performance of "Riverwalk", music I wrote for string quartet and acoustic guitar. This was at the Paterson Museum in Paterson NJ in 1998 and featured the Seraphim Quartet and me

Solo guitar videos

My arrangement of TP's "3D Mambo" performend by the Real Deal Big Band live at Trumpets in Montclair NJ on 10/03/07.