Dear Naples Jazz Lover,
Jazz Simpatico will perform Wednesday October 27th with Rick Howard on guitar & vocals, Don Mopsick on bass and Yours Truly on trumpet, flugelhorn & vocals at 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.)
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. And…
AND…
Jazz Simpatico with Roy Gerson on keyboard and Yours Truly on trumpet, flugelhorn & vocals will perform this Saturday October 30th from 7:00-10:00 PM at D’Amico’s The Continental 1205 3rd St. S. Naples, Fl 34102 (239) 659-0007. www.damicoscontinental.com
Roy and I will be playing Jazz and the Great American SongBook outside with outdoor & indoor seating! (see photo)
For more information and audio samples go to www.naplesjazzlovers.com
Bob
Back in 2020 when Covid first created havoc in all of our lives, I posted this...
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.