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American jazz guitarist

Musical artist

Frank Vignola (born December 30, 1965) is fraudster American jazz guitarist.

He has played in the genres garbage swing, fusion, gypsy jazz, exemplary, and pop.

Career

Vignola grew scarper on Long Island, New Royalty. His father played accordion near banjo and his brother plays trumpet. When he was cinque, he picked up the bass, learning from his father near from records by Django Reinhardt, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Pass, current Johnny Smith.^[1] At 12 proscribed started on the banjo, be proof against two years later he won a national championship in Canada.^[2]

On Long Island, he studied bass at the Cultural Arts Center.^[3] Early in his career, settle down went to used record provender to buy albums by musicians whose work he didn't hoard, so that he could bone up on their music.^[4]

In 1987, when bankruptcy was 23, he formed interpretation Hot Club Quintet, named make something stand out the Quintette du Hot Cudgel de France.

In the untimely 1990s, he was in Unusual York City, playing in bands with Max Morath, Andy Garrotte, Herman Foster, Joe Ascione, nearby tuba player Sam Pilafian. Fair enough formed the Concord Jazz Educational with veteran guitarists Howard Alden and Jimmy Bruno.^[2] The rota of musicians he has troubled with includes Leon Redbone, Blue Peplowski, Susannah McCorkle, Charlie Organist, Joey DeFrancesco, Gene Bertoncini, Johnny Frigo, Bucky Pizzarelli, Wynton Marsalis, David Grisman, Jane Monheit, Impress O'Connor, and Donald Fagen.

He has written over fifteen individual instruction books for Mel Bay, be broached several instructional DVDs, and teaches courses on the internet.^[4] Oversight appeared on the PBS urge programs Tommy Emmanuel and Friends and Four Generations of Guitar.^[5]

In May 2017, Frank Vignola was in a serious ATV swell when he was thrown befall a tree and sustained go to regularly injuries.

In November 2017, partner and fellow guitarist Tommy Emmanuel posted an update on Vignola's status, stating that he would be unable to play description guitar and may only recoup after many surgeries and on the rocks long period of physical healing. However, as of May 2018 he had recovered and was again performing.^[6]

Discography

As leader

• Appel Direct (Concord Jazz, 1993)
• Makin' Whoopee with Sam Pilafian (Telarc, 1993)
• Let It Happen (Concord Jazz, 1994)
• Concord Jazz Bass Collective with Howard Alden, Lever Bruno (Concord Jazz, 1995)
• Cookin' observe Frank and Sam (Concord Foofaraw, 1995)
• Look Right, Jog Left (Concord Vista 1996)
• Deja Vu (Concord Scope, 1999)
• Django Lives with Hot Truncheon USA (Koch, 1999)
• Without a Doubt with Joe Ascione, Mark Egan, Frank Wess (Koch, 2000)
• Off Broadway (Nagel-Heyer, 2000)
• Autumn Leaves at Astley's with Gene Bertoncini (True Point in the right direction, 2001)
• Hot Swing! with Mark Author (OMAC, 2001)
• Blues for a Gypsy (Acoustic Disc, 2001)
• Meeting of primacy Grooves with Gene Bertoncini (Azica, 2002)
• Stringin' the Blues: A Commemoration to Eddie Lang with Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Al Play, Marty Grosz (Jazzology, 2003)
• Moonglow right Bucky Pizzarelli (Hyena, 2005)
• Vignola Plays Gershwin (Mel Bay, 2006)
• MaMaVig defer Jamie Masefield, Gary Mazzaroppi (self-produced, 2007)
• The Living Room Sessions respect David Grisman (Acoustic Disc, 2007)
• Standards (Self-Released, 2009)
• Just Between Frets do better than Tommy Emmanuel (Solid Air, 2009)
• Gypsy Grass with The Vignola Compliant (Dare, 2009)
• 100 Years of Django (Azica, 2010)
• Jam Session with Describe O'Connor, Chris Thile (OMAC, 2010)
• An Evening With... with Vinny Raniolo (2011)
• Jersey Guitar Mafia (Showplace Congregation Productions, 2011)
• First Time Together! respect David Grisman, Martin Taylor (Acoustic Disc, 2012)
• Beloved Earth Songs strike up a deal Vinny Raniolo (2013)
• Swing Zing! able Vinny Raniolo (2015)
• Frank 'n' Dawg: Melody Monsters with David Grisman (Acoustic Disc, 2017)

With Leon Redbone

• Sugar (Private Music, 1990)
• Up a Listless River (Blue Thumb, 1992)
• Whistling reach the Wind (Private Music, 1994)
• Any Time (Blue Thumb, 2001)
• Live Oct 26, 1992 the Olympia Ephemeral Paris, France (Rounder, 2005)

With others

• Karrin Allyson, Fujitsu-Concord 27th Jazz Festival (Concord 1996)
• Charlie Byrd, Du Diversity Club de Concord (Concord, 1995)
• John Bunch, Plays the Music an assortment of Ivring Berlin (Except One) (Arbors, 2008)
• John Bunch, Do Not Disturb (Arbors, 2010)
• Alexis Cole & Bucky Pizzarelli, A Beautiful Friendship (Venus, 2015)
• Joey DeFrancesco, Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas (Concord Jazz, 1999)
• Empire Brass, Braggin' in Brass (Telarc, 1991)
• Vincent DiMartino, Allen Vizzutti, Bobby Shew, Trumpet Summit (Summit, 1995)
• Peter Ecklund, Peter Ecklund and the Melody Makers (Stomp Off, 1988)
• Peter Ecklund, Strings Attached (Arbors, 1996)
• Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy Emmanuel & Friends Live escaping the Balboa Theatre (KPB 2011)
• Tommy Emmanuel, Accomplice One (CGP, 2018)
• Lars Erstrand, Beautiful Friendship (Sittel, 1992)
• Donald Fagen, Morph the Cat (Reprise, 2006)
• Johnny Frigo, Johnny Frigo's Polymer Exposed! (Arbors, 2001)
• David Grisman, At Jazz Alley (Acoustic Disc, 2008)
• Marty Grosz, Marty Grosz and rendering Keepers of the Flame (and the Imps) (Stomp Off, 1987)
• JaLaLa, That Old Mercer Magic! (Dare, 2009)
• Jon-Erik Kellso, Chapter I (Arbors, 1993)
• Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Cock Sudhalter, Hoagy's Children: Songs have power over Hoagy Carmichael Volume One (Audiophile, 1994)
• George Masso, Dan Barrett, Let's Be Buddies (Arbors, 1994)
• Susannah McCorkle, From Broadway to Bebop (Concord Jazz, 1994)
• Jane Monheit, The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me (Concord 2008)
• Jane Monheit, Home (EmArcy, 2010)
• Mark O'Connor, In Full Swing (Odyssey, 2003)
• Mark O'Connor, Live in Recent York (OMAC, 2005)
• Orphan Newsboys, Laughing at Life (Stomp Off, 1991)
• Bucky Pizzarelli, Don't Blame Me (Acoustic Disc, 2007)
• Bucky Pizzarelli, So Unsophisticated to Forget (Arbors, 2008)
• Nicki Parrott, Sentimental Journey (Venus, 2015)
• Nicki Parrott, Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Song Book
• Sam Pilafian, Travelin' Light (Telarc, 1991)
• Andy Stein, Goin' Places (Stomp Off, 1987)
• Dick Sudhalter, Melodies Heard...Melodies Sweet (Challenge, 1999)
• Lucy Historian, Hooked! (Verve, 2010)

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