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John Cocuzzi is mostly found around town as the keyboard player with Big Joe and the Dynaflows and the Big Four Combo that includes Big Joe, John Previti and Joe Stanley. John has earned a reputation as one of the East Coast's finest vibes players and has recorded and worked with the likes of John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Doc Cheatum, Alan Vache, and Benny Goodman alumni-Helen Ward and Steve Jordan. There are a couple of great examples of his vibes work on the new Big Joe & the Dynaflows disc, "I'm Still Swingin'." When he performs one of his solo piano gigs, he dips heavily into the Nat Cole songbook. In addition to discs with Alan Vache and Alan Dale he has released his own John Cocuzzi and the Swing Professors, "Fools Paradise,", A brand new CD Swingin' and Burning' on Mapleshade and he also appeared on the Blues You Would Just Hate To Lose Vol.I CD. "Wabash Blues" on Blues You Would Just Hate To Lose Vol II has been waiting for a home ever since Blues/Lose I was issued, and it contains one of the sweetest moments I ever had the good fortune to catch on tape. After John finishes his first vocal parts, Joe Stanley lays down an incredible solo and as he finishes, Chris Watling walks up playing his baritone to begin a night of sitting in. There wasn't a face without a smile in the entire club. Rounding out the lineup was Big Joe on drums and Jeff Sarli on bass. It is one of the best examples of the spontaneity that can occur in a small room gig and is just one of many great City Blues nights I have had a chance to enjoy. A weeknight gig with no cover and a two drink minimum for something this good.
John Cocuzzi web site
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