{{Short description|American jazz pianist}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Joey Calderazzo |image = |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = Joseph Dominick Calderazzo |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|02|27}} |birth_place = New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |genre = Jazz |occupation = Musician |instrument = Piano |years_active = 1979–Present |label = Blue Note, Marsalis Music, Sunnyside |associated_acts = Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis }}
'''Joseph Dominick Calderazzo''' (February 27, 1965) is an American jazz pianist and brother of musician Gene Calderazzo. He played extensively in bands led by Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis, and has also led his own bands.
==Early life== Calderazzo was born in New Rochelle, New York. He began studying classical piano at age eight. His brother, Gene, got him interested in jazz. He studied with Richard Beirach and in the 1980s continued his studies at Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. At the same time, he was playing professionally with David Liebman and Frank Foster.<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last1=Gilbert|first1=Mark|editor1-last=Kernfeld|editor1-first=Barry|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz|date=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1-56159-284-6|page=371|volume=1|edition=2nd}}</ref>
==Later life and career== At a music clinic he met saxophonist Michael Brecker and became part of his quintet beginning in 1987.<ref name="am">{{cite web|title=Joey Calderazzo: Biography |first=Scott|last=Yanow |publisher=Allmusic| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p6227|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2010-09-19}}</ref> In 1990, he signed with Blue Note Records.<ref name="New Grove" /> Brecker produced Calderazzo's first album, ''In the Door'', which featured Jerry Bergonzi and Branford Marsalis, his brother's roommate in Boston. They played on his second album, ''To Know One'', which included Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valley-entertainment.com/secrets-1.html |title=Secrets |work=Valley Entertainment-Sledgehammer Blues |accessdate=17 June 2010}}</ref>
Calderazzo appeared on Brecker's albums ''Tales from the Hudson'' and ''Two Blocks from the Edge'' as pianist and composer. He played keyboard in Marsalis's Buckshot LeFonque and contributed to his album ''Music Evolution''. When pianist Kenny Kirkland died in 1998, Calderazzo assumed his place in the Branford Marsalis Quartet.<ref name="am" /> In 1999 he recorded ''Joey Calderazzo'' with John Patitucci and Jeff 'Tain' Watts.<ref>{{cite web|title=CD/LP Review: Joey Calderazzo |first=Glenn |last=Astarita |publisher=All About Jazz |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0600_003.htm |date=2000-06-01 |accessdate=2010-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017082521/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0600_003.htm |archive-date=2012-10-17 }}</ref> He played on Marsalis's albums ''Contemporary Jazz'', ''Footsteps of Our Fathers'', ''Romare Bearden Revealed'', ''Eternal'' and on the DVD ''Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' Live in Amsterdam''. Calderazzo's composition "Hope" appears on ''Braggtown''.
He was one of the first musicians to sign with Marsalis Music, owned by Branford Marsalis. ''Haiku'', his first solo album, appeared in 2002. His album ''Amanacer'' featured singer Claudia Acuña and guitarist Romero Lubambo. In 2011, he and Marsalis formed a duo and recorded ''Songs of Mirth and Melancholy''.
Calderazzo developed cubital tunnel syndrome in 2017, resulting in numbness in two fingers of his right hand.<ref name="DB19">{{cite magazine |last=Sullivan |first=Denise |date=January 2019 |title=Calderazzo Bounces Back |magazine=DownBeat |volume=86 |issue=1 |page=26 }}</ref> Following surgery and rest, he was able to return to playing as before.<ref name="DB19" />
==Discography== ===As leader/co-leader=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year recorded !Title !Label !Notes |- |1990 |''In the Door'' |Blue Note |With Branford Marsalis (soprano sax, tenor sax), Jerry Bergonzi and Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Jay Anderson (bass), Peter Erskine and Adam Nussbaum (drums), Don Alias (percussion)<ref name="Penguin1">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=174 }}</ref> |- |1991 |''To Know One'' |Blue Note |With Branford Marsalis (soprano sax, tenor sax), Jerry Bergonzi (tenor sax), Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums)<ref name="Penguin1" /> |- |1993? |''The Traveler'' |Blue Note |Trio, with John Patitucci and Jay Anderson (bass; separately); Peter Erskine and Jeff Hirshfield (drums; separately) |- |1995? |''Secrets'' |AudioQuest |With various, from trio to octet |- |1996? |''Our Standards'' |Gowi | |- |1997? |''Simply Music'' |Lost Chart |Trio, with Sylvain Gagnon (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) |- |1999 |''Joey Calderazzo'' |Columbia/Sony Music |Trio, with John Patitucci (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) |- |2002 |''Haiku'' |Marsalis Music |Solo piano |- |2006 |''Amanecer'' |Marsalis Music |Most tracks solo piano; one track duo with Romero Lubambo (guitar); one track duo with Claudia Acuña (vocals); two tracks trio, with Lubambo and Acuña |- |2011? |''Songs of Mirth & Melancholy'' |EmArcy/Marsalis Music |Duo, co-led with Branford Marsalis (saxes) |- |2011 |''Live'' |Sunnyside |Trio, with Orlando le Fleming (bass), Donald Edwards (drums); in concert |- |2015? |''Going Home'' |Sunnyside |One track piano solo; most tracks trio, with Orlando le Fleming (bass), Adam Cruz (drums); one track quartet, with Branford Marsalis (tenor sax) added |- |2017 |''Live from The Cotton Club, Tokyo, Volume I'' |Dot Time |Trio, with Orlando le Fleming (bass), Donald Edwards (drums); in concert |}
Main source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Joey Calderazzo {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joey-calderazzo-mn0000218185/discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref>
===As sideman=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Year recorded !Leader !Title !Label |- |1989 |{{sortname|Rick Margitza}} |''Color'' |Blue Note |- |1990 |{{sortname|Michael|Brecker}} |''Now You See It… (Now You Don't)'' |GRP |- |1991 |{{sortname|Rick Margitza}} |''Hope'' |Blue Note |- |1991 |{{sortname|Rick Margitza}} |''This Is New'' |Blue Note |- |1996 |{{sortname|Jerry|Bergonzi}} |''Fast Company'' |Blue Jackel |- |1996 |{{sortname|Michael|Brecker}} |''Tales from the Hudson'' |Impulse! |- |1998 |{{sortname|Michael|Brecker}} |''Two Blocks from the Edge'' |Impulse! |- |2000 |{{sortname|Branford|Marsalis}} |''Contemporary Jazz'' |Sony Music |- |2000 |{{sortname|Rick Margitza}} |''Heart of Hearts'' |Palmetto |- |2002 |{{sortname|Branford|Marsalis}} |''Footsteps of Our Fathers'' |Marsalis Music |- |2001 |{{sortname|Richard Cole}} |''The Forgotten'' |Origin |- |2001–2002 |{{sortname|Jeff "Tain"|Watts}} |''Bar Talk'' |Columbia |- |2003 |{{sortname|Branford|Marsalis}} |''Romare Bearden Revealed'' |Marsalis Music |- |2004 |{{sortname|Branford|Marsalis}} |''A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam'' |Marsalis Music |- |2004 |{{sortname|Branford|Marsalis}} |''Eternal'' |Marsalis Music |- |2006 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''Braggtown'' |Rounder Records |- |2009 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''Metamophosen'' |Marsalis Music |- |2010 |{{sortname|Hakan Brostrom}} |''Refraction'' |Art of Life |- |2010 |{{sortname|The Transform Quintet}} |''Another Child'' |NaRator |- |2011 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''Four MFs Playin' Tunes'' |Marsalis Music |- |2016 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''Upward Spiral'' |Music on Vinyl |- |2018? |{{sortname|Kurt Elling}} |''The Questions'' |OKeh |- |2019 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul'' |Marsalis Music |- |2025 |{{sortname|Branford Marsalis Quartet}} |''Belonging'' |Blue Note |}
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