Falmouth Jazz presents Harry Allen and Rossano Sportiello

One of the world’s leading jazz piano players on the scene today, Rossano Sportiello’s musical influences include Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Count Basie and other great masters. He has performed at major venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the United Nations as well as jazz clubs like the Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls and Mezzrow. Rossano’s prolific output tracks 40 albums to date, including both classical and jazz performances and six solo albums. With warmth, charm and prodigious piano playing, Rossano Sportiello is a favorite of Falmouth Jazz and we are delighted to welcome him back.
Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen is equally accomplished, having recorded over 70 CDs as a leader and many more as a sideman. With an elegant tone and swinging style, he has been described as “the Frank Sinatra of the tenor sax.” Harry has performed and recorded with talents ranging from Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Scott Hamilton, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, John Pizzarelli and Bucky Pizzarelli, to James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Jay Geils.