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Jerry's Next Gigs and Guest Appearances:



The New York/LA Jazz Ensemble

w/ Jerry Vivino - Mitch Forman - Kevin Axt

Sunday, June 9, 2013 - 4:30pm

Douglas Beach House - 307 Mirada Road - Half Moon Bay, CA

Students (21 and under) $30; General $35 (open seating at 3pm), 1 Year Membership includes 4 tickets & 1st seating $250. Service fees extra.

Vivino is a member of the "Basic Cable Band" on the Conan show. Mitch Forman has played with the Brecker Brothers, Stan Getz & Chuck Loeb. Kevin Axt is the long-time bassist for the Tierney Sutton Band. He's played with Natalie Cole, Etta James and Jimmy Smith.


Online will-call seats are first come when doors open at 3pm. Buffet & wine bar (separate from admission) open from 3-6pm or you can bring your own wine. Limited space for picnics. OUTSIDE ONLY. 180 capacity, concert style seating, carpeted stadium style balcony seats.

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A rare East Coast appearance!

The Jerry Vivino Quartet

w/ Frank Pagano - John Arbo - Ed Alstrom

June 21, 2013 - 6:30pm & 8:30pmpm

Shanghai Jazz - 24 Main Street - Madison, NJ

Reservations: 973-822-2899 2 seatings: 6:30/7 and after 8:30pm

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The Jerry Vivino Quartet

w/ Jerry Vivino - Clayton Cameron - Mitch Forman - Ric Fierabracci

Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 4:30pm

Douglas Beach House - 307 Mirada Road - Half Moon Bay, CA

Students (21 and under) $30; General $35 (open seating at 3pm), 1 Year Membership includes 4 tickets & 1st seating $250. Service fees extra.

Vivino is a member of the "Basic Cable Band" on the Conan show. Mitch Forman has played with the Brecker Brothers, Stan Getz & Chuck Loeb. Clayton has played with Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and other greats. Ric is from Billy Colbham's band.


Online will-call seats are first come when doors open at 3pm. Buffet & wine bar (separate from admission) open from 3-6pm or you can bring your own wine. Limited space for picnics. OUTSIDE ONLY. 180 capacity, concert style seating, carpeted stadium style balcony seats.

Tickets/Web Info

The LA Allstars

w/ Jerry Vivino - Doug Webb - Mitch Forman - Mike Merritt - James Wormworth

Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 4:30pm

Douglas Beach House - 307 Mirada Road - Half Moon Bay, CA

Students (21 and under) $30; General $35 (open seating at 3pm), 1 Year Membership includes 4 tickets & 1st seating $250. Service fees extra.

Vivino, Wormworth and Merritt are members of the "Basic Cable Band" on the Conan show. Mitch Forman has played with the Brecker Brothers, Stan Getz & Chuck Loeb. Webb has played with Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard and more.


Online will-call seats are first come when doors open at 3pm. Buffet & wine bar (separate from admission) open from 3-6pm or you can bring your own wine. Limited space for picnics. OUTSIDE ONLY. 180 capacity, concert style seating, carpeted stadium style balcony seats.

Tickets/Web Info


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Here's an image of Jerry from a recent issue of Downbeat magazine. Click for a larger version. (posted 3/7/2013)


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Here's an image of Jerry who was playing along with Jeff the Brotherhood. Photo by Meghan Sinclair. Click for more on the Team Coco site. (posted 3/7/2013)


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Click this link to the Team Coco site for a funny bit with Jerry. (posted 3/7/2013)


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Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey, who recently was a Dancing With The Stars winner, was the star of Dirty Dancing and later had her nose "fixed" and became unrecognizable. She then was a member of the ensemble cast of the short-lived TV comedy "It's Like, You Know..." where she played an actress named Jennifer Grey who got a nose job and became unrecognizable. Her father, Joel Grey, was in the original stage and movie versions of Cabaret and her grandfather was a comedian named Mickey Katz. In this clip from the old Conan show, Jennifer sings one of her grandfather's novelty songs, a Jewish reworking of the theme from Davy Crockett, called "Duvid Crockett", with Jerry featured on clarinet.




Dr. Joe

Here's one you don't see every day. This guy loves the Vivinos so much, he actually runs an ad for his own practice telling a story about them. Click on the icon to read the deal.


A new review of Jerry's performances in L.A. by photographer and music critic Tony Gieske:

Live Jazz: The Jerry Vivino Quartet Upstairs at Vitello's by Tony Gieske

Photos of the show can be found here: Jerry at Vitello's by Tony Gieske


What's the story with Sarah Palin and Jerry Vivino????


Sarah Palin

What's going on between Jerry and Sarah Palin? Is Sarah going to be the new vocalist for the Tonight Show Band? Is she going to join the Jerry Vivino Quartet? And why does Mike Merritt look so surprised? And why does James Wormworth look so happy?




Superbowl with Bruce

At the Superbowl Half-Time Show February 2009: Jerry taking bows w/Mark Pender, Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg, Gary Talent, Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Max Weinberg and Patti Sialfa (missing: Clarence Clemons)
Photo: REUTERS/Steve Nesius


Jerry w/Levon Helm

With the Levon Helm Band and Friends. Click for more.
Photo: Frank Beacham


The latest release:
Walkin' with the Wazmo
Jerry's new album on Zoho Records

Walkin'

The album features eleven great tracks:
Pent Up House
Walkin' with the Wazmo
Cats 'R' Us
Dorado Beach
Montelana Circle
The Fried Piper
Knock Me A Kiss
Red Moon
Bellissima
Dolphin Dance
I'm Mad About You

Personnel: Jerry Vivino, Brian Charrette, Kermit Driscoll, Mike Merritt, Shawn Pelton, James Wormworth, Ray Marchica, Greg Skaff, Lew Soloff, Michael Morreale and Mike Fahn with special guest appearances by Jimmy Vivino and Ken Levinsky.


Click here to order this CD online!

Review of Jerry's recent show from Stan Beinstein from WDST 100.1 FM (Ulster, Dutchess, Green, Columbia counties)

“Two fabulous sets.....you were great.. I have seen your brother(s)..many times.. but never you.... You are one strong tenor man.... thought I'd seen 'em all.. rhassan.. brecker...sonny...hamiett..clifford jordan.... you're up there brother!!!! you bridge the gaps between Louis Jordan, Sonny Rollins and King Curtis incredibly well.. got to see King Curtis once on a Murray the K show at the Brooklyn Fox in 65 or 66... your reading of Soul Serenade on soprano was sublime...and opening with Memphis Soul Stew with Pretty Purdie sitting behind you was not lost on me...from the first fatback snare pop...I was home...somewhere in my vinyl cavern is the King Curtis Live at Fillmore West album..with Purdie..Billy Preston...Cornell Dupree...etc...and your Stew rivaled that one!!!!”


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The New York Times reviews Keely Smith and Jerry AGAIN!!
On April 23rd, the New York Times once again reviewed the Keely Smith show at Feinstein's. Although the show is about 50% new, it's very unusual for the Times to review the same show more than once. Here are excerpts:

“....Keely Smith, the poker-faced former mistress of dusk-to-dawn revels during the golden age of Las Vegas and the Cher of her era, return to Feinstein's at the Regency on Tuesday evening with a revised edition of "Vegas '58,".......Rather than straining to capture the raw, frantic zaniness of Prima, who died in 1978, Ms. Smith leaves it up to her excellent swing band to pump up the adrenaline.....The nine member ensemble, featuring the sweaty tenor saxophone of Jerry Vivino, took the songs to the finish line.”


More reviews are in!!!
Goldmine gave Jerry a half-page review of his latest CD. Here are excerpts:

“....In a word, this band is hot! Vivino's vocals and saxophone solos are dynamic, and the rhythm section of Merritt and Wormworth groove low and hard. This live performance...shows off their chops and versatility...succesfully bridges the gap between blues, jazz and what the music was like in the good old days of jazz gone by...”
(Joe Milliken)
Pick up the October 1st issue of Goldmine to read more.


The reviews are in!!!
The NY Times had a review of the Keely Smith gig at Feinstein's:

“....Recreating a typical set she and Louis Prima performed six times a night, seven nights a week from midnight to 6am....Ms. Smith and her hot nine-piece band kick up a storm of happy noise......Most of the show's popping arrangements, by Billy May, Nelson Riddle and others, are transcriptions from the original recordings, with a synthesizer replacing the strings, and Jerry Vivino's saxophone supplying droll, earthy punctuation. Especially when the band attacks upbeat numbers like “Jump, Jive and Wail” and “Zooma Zooma,” a mood of frantic excitement prevails....”


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Jerry's last CD:
Live At Shanghai Jazz
Order this CD online!
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