Bucky Pizzarelli R.I.P.

Jazz Guitar Today pays tribute to a jazz great, Bucky Pizzarelli.

Bob Bakert, Editor of Jazz Guitar Today: I have been a guitarist as long as I can remember and as long as I can remember, Bucky Pizzarelli has been a hero and an inspiration.  Back in the 70s when I devoured Guitar Player magazine and later with Ed Benson’s Just Jazz Guitar magazine, I always was in awe of Bucky and enjoyed the way he presented himself with mastery and grace as a true gentleman of jazz guitar.  How do you thank a man who has been one of the pillars of your inspiration, I’m not sure.  But thank you Bucky for all you have meant to me and every guitar player I admire.  It is with admiration, respect, gratitude and indeed sadness that we here at Jazz Guitar Today say to you… R.I.P. Bucky Pizzarelli

A look back with images and videos…

Les Paul with Bucky Pizzarelli at the Iridium 6/11/07

JGT’s Back Page: Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Herb Ellis, a​​nd Billy Bauer

Jazz guitar greats Pizzarelli, Alden, Ellis, and Bauer celebrate Flip Phillips’s 80th birthday, Boca Raton, Florida, March 1995.

More images of Bucky…

Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola perform Moonglow