Gene Bertoncini! Sharon Clark's Spotlight at Blues Alley

Over the course of his five-decade career, guitarist Gene Bertoncini has worked with innumerable musical greats spanning many different styles, from jazz—his specialty—to pop to Brazilian. He’s played with legends like Benny Goodman, Wayne Shorter, Carmen McRae, Buddy Rich, and Lena Horne. He worked as a sideman on recordings by Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, Nancy Wilson, Bette Midler, Paul Winter, Paul Desmond, and Astrud Gilberto. He shared a stage with Luciano Pavarotti, and on television was a member of the band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show. He’s also made close to 20 albums under his own name. Even at the age of 84, he remains in high demand, playing gigs around New York City and still traveling around the country for others....

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Over the course of his five-decade career, guitarist Gene Bertoncini has worked with innumerable musical greats spanning many different styles, from jazz—his specialty—to pop to Brazilian. He’s played with legends like Benny Goodman, Wayne Shorter, Carmen McRae, Buddy Rich, and Lena Horne. He worked as a sideman on recordings by Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, Nancy Wilson, Bette Midler, Paul Winter, Paul Desmond, and Astrud Gilberto. He shared a stage with Luciano Pavarotti, and on television was a member of the band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show. He’s also made close to 20 albums under his own name. Even at the age of 84, he remains in high demand, playing gigs around New York City and still traveling around the country for others.

Mr. Bertoncini joins DC's gold standard for jazz vocalists, the remarkable Sharón Clark, for a night of of music at the legendary Blues Alley as part of Ms. Clark's continuing series. They're joined by Josh Marcum, Mr. Bertoncini's bassist, and Ms. Clark's regular collaborators, Chris Grasso (piano) and Lenny Robinson (drums).

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