Dear Naples Jazz Lovers,
In addition to next Friday February 5th, we’re back at Food and Thought Organic Restaurant 2132 Tamiami Trail N Naples, FL 34103 239-213-2222 this Friday January 29th from 5:30 to 8:00 PM with Ken Levinsky on keyboard, Kevin Mauldin on bass, Bill Smith on drums and Yours Truly on trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals.
We’ll be outside on the bandstand in the courtyard.
Your support will have a huge effect on the number of performances we do at Food & Thought.
Jazz Simpatico will also perform this Wednesday January 27th with Ken Levinsky on keyboard and Yours Truly on trumpet, flugelhorn & vocals at the new place called Alda’s Diner from 5:00 until 8:00 PM. (Alda's is really not a diner but a very nice restaurant run by Arjan and Esmeralda hence the name Alda’s.)
We’ll be outside on the terrace weather permitting.
Alda’s is located at 7550 Mission Hills Drive #102 Naples, FL 34119. (239) 529-6103 Website: aldasdiner.com for their menu.
When traveling east on Vanderbilt Beach Road, Turn left onto Buckstone Dr. which is just before you reach the traffic light/intersection of Vanderbilt and Collier.
Also! This Monday & Tuesday nights (January 25 & 26) I will be with the Stardust Memories Big Band for a Classic Big Band Show at Cambier Park and Riverside Park. We start at 7 PM both nights with a suggested donation of $5. For more details go on: www.stardustmemoriesbigband.com.
For more information and audio samples go to www.naplesjazzlovers.com
As long as you keep comin’, we’ll keep swingin’
Bob
Dear Naples Jazz Lover,
Dear Friends & Naples Jazz Lovers,
We all have more free time than we know what to do with and as a musician, I felt it important to compose and record a song that is timely and perhaps helpful in reinforcing the guidelines that we’re all trying to follow. (“It ain’t easy, right?”)
With that in mind I composed, sang and played The Stay At Home Blues and recorded it "all by my lonesome" in my home studio.
Feel free to share it with others.
I hope and pray that this will be over soon and I’ll be able to see you and actually play live performances!
Stay safe & healthy!
Bob
God Bless America
The Stay At Home Blues
Jazzy Easter Parade
Here’s another piece that I call An Improvised Soliloquy for Unaccompanied Trumpet:
Cheek To Cheek
The Way You Look Tonight
Stu and I recorded these songs at his home studio and yes we actually were able to record together while practicing “social distancing”.
We know it’s been tough on all of us with the hardship of not being able to play our music for you, so this was our heartfelt effort to remedy the situation.
Stay safe & healthy!
Bob
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/emily…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/cinema…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/have-you-met-miss-jones…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/america…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/blue-monk-2…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/blue-monk-1…
https://soundcloud.com/stu-shelton/wave…
We were videoed in 2019 by Naples All Around Town and it can be viewed on YouTube by clicking on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZE3T7jaowU
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Bob Zottola is an accomplished musician who worked with Les Miserables for sixteen years, in addition to working with several celebrities along the way. HAle