PUBLISHED: Feb 13, 2014
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Music for Your next Event
Charlie Clarke began playing piano at the age of 12. By age 16 he was a regular organist and pianist at church as well as joining local rock bands.
Charlie continued to study music at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Rutgers University.Charlie studied privately with Kenny Baron, Frank Foster, and Paul Jeffries.
Charlie performs regularly with his duo plus a number of other musical projects: the Clarke Brothers Organ Trio along with his brother and noted jazz guitarist Doug Clarke, and Jazz Noir, a quintet performing musical tributes to reknowned American Songbook Composers as well as classic jazz standards.
Tony Cimorosi has been on the NYC World Beat, Rock, R&B, Jazz and contemporary Jazz scene for over 30 years, playing with world renowned musicians including; the Brazilian Power Samba band Pe De Bois, Babatunde Olatunji and Drums of Passion, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Terry Reid, Michal Urbaniak, Walter Bishop Jr., Randy Brecker, Michael Wolff, Badal Roy, Jeremy Wall (Spyro Gyra), Brian Kean, Frank Colon, Vic Juris, Jimmy Ponder and Carmen Lundy. He has toured Japan, Europe, Russia and the US with various artists and his own world-beat/contemporary jazz ensemble.