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75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies 75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies
75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies Legendary New Jersey jazz and pop guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli died Wednesday at his Saddle River home at 94. The cause was complications from the coronavirus, his son, John, said. A pillar of the American music scene, Pizzarelli performed for presidents, played alongside fellow legends – from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Miles Davis to Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney – and was synonymous with the Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival and the Fair Lawn Summer Concert Series. The Paterson-born Pizzarelli lived in New Jersey his entire life, settling in Saddle River with his wife, Ruth, after…

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by Jerry DeMarco