Publication: MOVE Magazine
By: Angie Andera
Date: December 3, 2010
For jazz pianist Joey Calderazzo, music has always been a part of his life. The piano first struck a chord with the musician when his childhood friend took up the instrument.
“My next door neighbor played the piano and always had to practice, so instead of going home I’d stay and watch him practice,” Calderazzo said. “I thought it was something I could do too, so at about eight I asked to take piano lessons.”
At the age of 17, Calderazzo got his foot in the door of the music industry by sitting in with New York jazz musicians.
“I would go to jam sessions, or I would have a friend that played with somebody and let me sit in with them,” Calderazzo said. Read more »
