Vince Giordano
| Vince Giordano | |
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| Birth name | Vincent James Giordano |
| Born |
March 11, 1952 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, early jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, arranger |
| Instruments | Bass saxophone |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Associated acts | Nighthawks Orchestra |
| Website | vincegiordano |
Vince Giordano (March 11, 1952, Brooklyn) is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone. Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have played on television and film soundtracks, including the award-winning HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Woody Allen's musical comedy film Everyone Says I Love You.
When he was five, Giordano listened to music of the 1920s on a wind-up Victrola. When he was 15, he played string bass and bass saxophone professionally and took lessons from Bill Challis to learn about writing arrangements like the dance bands of the 1920s and 30s. He performed with New Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band, he New York Jazz Repertory Company, and Leon Redbone. His band The Nighthawks plays music from the early days of jazz, such as Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington.
Lending his musical and acting talents to Francis Ford Coppola's film The Cotton Club led to working with Dick Hyman's Orchestra in half a dozen Woody Allen soundtracks, then acting as bass player, most notably in Sean Penn's band in Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. Giordano and the Nighthawks have appeared on soundtracks for the movies The Aviator, Finding Forrester, The Good Shepherd, and Public Enemies, the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
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