John Pizzarelli, renowned guitarist and vocalist, explores timeless Broadway and Hollywood songs in his new album, Stage & Screen, releasing April 21, 2023, via Palmetto Records. Featuring classics like “I Want To Be Happy” from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette and “I Love Betsy,” from Honeymoon in Vegas, a stage musical based on the 1992 film, the album spans nearly nine decades of musical history. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut album, I’m Hip, Pizzarelli’s trio—bassist Mike Karn and pianist Isaiah J. Thompson—brings fresh interpretations to pieces by Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, and more. Pizzarelli’s innovative arrangements were inspired by his livestream concerts during the pandemic.

John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and the Beatles. In addition to being a bandleader and solo performer, Pizzarelli has been a special guest on recordings for major pop names such as Natalie Cole, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Wopat, Rickie Lee Jones and Dave Van Ronk, as well as leading jazz artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Ruby Braff, Johnny Frigo, Buddy DeFranco, Harry Allen and, of course, his father Bucky Pizzarelli. He won a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category as co-producer of James Taylor’s American Standard in 2021. A radio personality who got his start in the medium in 1984, Pizzarelli is co-host, alongside wife Jessica Molaskey, of Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli. He has performed on America’s most popular national television shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and Great Performances, as well as the talk shows of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Regis Philbin and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade