River of Dreams - A Billy Joel Tribute

River of Dreams - An Authentic Billy Joel Tribute! Features some of the best musicians including Randy Johnston, Rick Rozie , Jackie McClean, Tommy Byrnes, and numerous other well known musicians.

Lead singer John Cozolino is a classically trained pianist who attended Mercy College of Music at the Westchester Conservatory studying Bass and music theory. He has earned 2 Honorable mentions on Billboard songwriting Contest and has taught piano and bass at East Coast Music in Danbury, CT. Previous projects include: Joe Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult producing 2 Cds, The Lost Art of Compassion and Good News Bad News. John has also written commercial jingles for Toyota and local dealership campaigns and has broadcast on NY stations such as the FAN. He and his wife Dina released childrens interactive CD, Sugar Goose and Friends.

Jeff Claypool has two music degrees.

He was taught by Sal Salvador.

He's toured with Gregg Allman,

Toured with Aaron Copland,

Scored soundtrack for Alice Cooper movie.

Played with Jefferson Starship, Grand Funk Railroad, George Thorogood, 3 Dog Night, Eric Burden and the Animals, The Rascals and Rick Derringer.

Recognized Yamaha USA artist.

Kinny Landrum is a composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist who has worked with such unusually diverse people as Leonard Bernstein, The Meters, Carly Simon, Jimmy Cliff and David Lynch. He was the synthesist on the seminal TV show "Twin Peaks", which won a Grammy Award. He has scored a number of feature films including "A Touch Of Fate" starring Teri Hatcher and "The Only Witness," both of which played on Lifetime, as well as the festival favorite "Hotel Lobby". Kinny was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to "Living The Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky" and has written the score for "The Fort Fisher Hermit". Kinny wrote the orchestrations for the Broadway show "In My Life". His songs appear on albums by such artists as John Whelan and Francine Reed. He has produced records with Joe Cerisano and written jingles for clients such as Citizen Watches, Coca-Cola, Ford and Alka-Seltzer. He has served as the chairman of the arranging committee for the Grammy Awards at the New York chapter of NARAS. And he studied with Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano while earning his Master's Degree in Music.

John Lang, is a bassist, composer and arranger working in a number of diverse settings. Based in New York, John is seen regularly as such clubs as Birdland, Smalls, The Silver Lining and Little Branch among others. A versatile performer, John plays funk, straight-ahead jazz, afro-cuban, rock, blues and is equally at home on acoustic, baby and electric bass. He has played with the John Merrill Trio, The Robyn Payne Band and in duo settings with pianists Larry Ham, Tardo Hammer and Michael Moore. John’s second CD, “Lend Me Your Ears” was released in 2009 to rave reviews. The collection of nine straight-ahead jazz originals premiered at Smalls and was said to be “a rare collection of swing and modernity” by reviewer Scott Yannow. John’s work can be heard on the cast recording of The Adventures of Flat Stanley, Brother Han’s Debut CD, Natalie Toro’s self-titled debut CD and Rita Harvey’s latest album, At Home.

Andy Segale Education: BM New England Conservatory of Music. MM Queens College CUNY Andy has performed with: The Goldman Band at Lincoln Center, Boston Philharmonic, Boston Civic Symphony, Nassau Symphony, Symphony of Long Island, Stan Getz, Chet Atkins, Ben E. King, Joan Jett and the Cy Coleman Orchestra.

David Bond

has been hitting stuff with a rhythmic abandon since age 8. He has studied with renowned teachers Casey Casino, Ed Soph and Narada Michael Walden. He‘s fluent in a number of styles, including Rock, Funk, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive and Experimental music, and has played in various parts of the world. David has played for a diverse roster of artists, including Richie Scarlet, Kano, Pointers Sisters, Evelyn Champagne King, Peter Frampton, Robert Palmer, Driving School, Lenny Lee, Jaane Doe, Jewel and others….. Today he’s honored to have been invited to play with John Cozolino’s fabulous Billy Joel tribute – River Of Dreams.

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