Frank Strazzeri

Frank Strazzeri B. April 24 1930 Rochester New York Is An American Jazz Pianist. A Solid Pianist Long Based In The Los Angeles Area Strazzeri Has Been In Demand For Straight-Ahead Sessions For Decades. Although He Originally Started Playing Tenor And Clarinet When He Was 12 Strazzeri Soon Switched To Piano. He Attended The Eastman School Of Music Then Took A Job As A House Pianist In A Nightclub In Rochester In 1952. While There He Accompanied Visiting Musicians Such As Roy Eldridge And Billie Holiday. He Relocated To New Orleans In 1954 Playing With Sharkey Bonano And Al Hirt In A Dixieland Jazz Setting But His Main Focus Since Has Been Bebop. He Played With Charlie Ventura In 1957-58 And Woody Herman In 1959. In 1960 He Moved To Los Angeles. There He Worked Extensively As A Studio Musician On The West Coast Jazz Scene And Toured With Joe Williams Maynard Ferguson And Les Brown 1971-74 . He Has Also Played With Terry Gibbs Herb Ellis The Lighthouse All-Stars Art Pepper Bud Shank Cal Tjader Louie Bellson And Chet Baker In Addition To Working With His Own Trios. --Discography As Bandleader-- * That's Him And This Is New Revelation Records 1969 * Taurus Revelation 1973 * View From Within With Don Menza Creative World 1973 * Frames With Don Menza Glendale Records 1975 * After The Rain Catalyst Records 1976 * Straz Catalyst Records 1977 * Relaxin Sea Breeze Records 1980 * Kat Dancin Discovery Records 1985 * Make Me Rainbows Fresh Sound 1987 * I Remember You Fresh Sound 1989 * Little Giant Fresh Sound 1989 * The Very Thought Of You Discovery 1990 * Wood Winds West Jazz Mark 1992 * Frank's Blues Night Life Records 1992 * Moon And Sand Discovery 1993 * Somebody Loves Me Fresh Sound 1994 * Nobody Else But Me Fresh Sound 1997 * Live In Sorgues France Jazz Mark 2002 * Funk And Esoteric Fresh Sound 2004 read less