Thu
May 9, 2024
Split Bill
Main Stage

Jerry Vivino's All Star Jazz and Blues Band

No reservations
With opening act:  
Dining 5:30-9pm. Music 7:30pm.

Ft. Jerry Vivino (sax, vocals), Frank Elmo (Sax), Rave Tesar (piano), Vinnie Cutro (trumpet), Mike Merritt (bass), James Wormworth (drums)

Jerry's show last December played to a sold out house! Collectively this band has appeared or recorded with the likes of BUDDY RICH, HORACE SILVER, DONALD FAGEN, JULIAN LENNON, PHOEBE SNOW, SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY, LEVON HELM, THE POWER STATION, THE ALLMAN BROS, JOE BONNAMASSO, CYNDI LAUPER AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN to name a few! You don't want to miss this show!

Jerry Vivino's All Star Jazz and Blues Band
May 9, 2024
  •  
Main Stage
  •  
Dining 5:30-9pm. Music 7:30pm.

Jerry Vivino:

For 25 plus years Jerry was a featured member of Conan O'Brien's Late Night T.V. shows in N.Y and L.A. Coast to Coast his other credits include sharing the stage or recording with Al Kooper, Phoebe Snow, Dr. John, Stanley Clark, Paul Shaffer, Max Weinberg, Donald Fagan, Johnny Mathis, Frankie Valli, Dion Dimucci, Will Lee, The Fab Faux, Donovan, Cindy Lauper, Darlene Love, Randy Newman and Bruce Springsteen! Jerry is the brother of blues guitarist Jimmy and comedian, pianist, Uncle Floyd. His wife Laura is a classical flutist and his 3 daughters Donna, Natalia and Antonia are busy musical theater and cabaret performers. Of late Jerry has been enjoying being a band leader of his own groups that feature a variety of world class musicians.

Rave Tesar:

Growing up in a musical household, Rave began playing piano at an early age, and developed an affinity for all styles of music. He began his career working on the Jazz scene in and around New York with numerous groups and leaders. His reputation soon led to national and international tours as a side man with singer Frankie Randal, rock and roll hall-of-famers "The Shirells" and the minimalist pop group "Tirez Tirez", led by Mikel Rouse. Rave is, perhaps, best know for his long-standing collaboration with singer Annie Haslam and her progressive rock band "Renaissance". Serving as a co-writer and producer, Rave worked on several of Haslam's solo projects as well as the 2001 Renaissance "live" from Japan CD, "The Land of the Rising Sun", and the most recent Renaissance studio album, "Grandine il Vento", on which he also served as primary producer.

Vinnie Cutro:

During the past 40 years Vinnie Cutro has performed with noted jazz greats such as HORACE SILVER, BUDDY RICH and LIONEL HAMPTON.He has traveled extensively throughout the world appearing at jazz festivals and concerts in Europe,Japan, Africa,Canada,South America and the U.S.A.. As a member of the Lionel Hampton Quintet,he performed guest appearances with various symphonic orchestras in the U.S.A such as the Colombus Symphony Orchestra,Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Omaha Symphony. As a freelance musician,he has had the opportunity to work with artists such as : Aretha Franklin The Nelson Riddle Orchestra Mike Stern Billy Hart Jerry Bergonzi Bob Mintzer Ray Charles Blood Sweat And Tears Jim McNeely Mike Richmond Jay Anderson Arturo O'Farrel Orchestra The Mel Lewis Orchestra Jimmy McGriff Machito Orchestra Xavier Cugot Orchestra Mel Torme Bernard Perde Barry Manilow The Four Tops The Temptations Al Kooper Donald Fagen Diane Moser's - Jazz Composers Orchestra The Spirit Of Life Ensemble Mike Treni - Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra ,Mark Egan, Mike Longo Orchestra ansd Renaissance Chamber Orchestra.

Mike Merritt:

Mike Merritt’s career as a bassist includes 25 years playing in the house band on all of  Conan O’ Brien’s TV  talk shows, starting in New York with “ Late Night” then moving to Los Angeles for “The Tonight Show” and TBS’s  “Conan”. This gave Mike opportunities to perform with many guest artists over the years, including Cheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, The Staple Singers, B.B. King, Slash, Tony Bennett, Steve Miller, Isaac Hayes, Chet Atkins, Pete Townshend, Robert Palmer, Bruce Springsteen and scores of others. Mike still performs on occasional live concert versions of Conan’s wildly popular podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend”.

James Wormworth:

James Wormworth is an American drummer and percussionist. Wormworth is a member of Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band on the TBS late night comedy program, Conan. Wormworth often appeared as house drummer during the band's run as The Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[1] Wormworth joined the band as a full-time member when O'Brien became the host of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Wormworth is the band's full-time drummer on O'Brien's TBS talk show Conan. Wormworth has a strong preference toward playing the drums with his feet completely bare, as exhibited when he wears a full suit with bare feet while playing on television.