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I was very saddened to read of the death of jazz guitarist Joe Giglio. I knew Joe from his many performances with my brother Carl Barry at various jazz clubs in Manhattan. Joe was a dear, sweet soul. Even years later, when we became “Facebook” friends, he never missed an…

In memory of Jack Wilkins (1944-2023) Today, June 3, 2025, is the eighty-first anniversary of jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins‘s birth. This remembrance is in tribute to him. — Host Charles Carlini of Carlini Media staged a celebration of jazz guitar great Tal Farlow at Merkin Concert Hall in New York…

On this date in 1921, legendary jazz pianist Marty Napoleon was born in Brooklyn to Sicilian immigrant parents. A gifted musician, Marty replaced pianist Earl Hines in Louis Armstrong’s All Stars Band in 1952—and they toured the world. He played with many jazz greats over the years and appeared in…

This post also appears on Medium. As a very young kid, I was exposed to amazingly diverse music—from Chubby Checker, Joey Dee & the Starlighters, The Beatles and all of Motown to Jerry Vale, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and some of the greatest jazz instrumentalists of…