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Richie Cannata's Monday Jam with Eren Cannata at the Bitter End 2009 Part 2.. (Jeff Pevar, Jim Moran, Gerardo Velez) Video produced by Larry Blumenstein Video -Productions. Contact: LarryBlumenstein@aol.com, 917-817-2112. (Copyright 2009) (c)
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Jim Moran
Thanks for sharing Larry!!!___________________________________________________________________
Richie Cannata (b. March 5, 1948) is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in the Billy Joel band alongside Doug Stegmeyer and Liberty DeVitto. After leaving the band in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York. Artists including Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have recorded in Cannata's studio.
In the mid-1990s Cannata toured with The Beach Boys, playing saxophone, woodwinds and synthesizers. In 2006, Cannata returned with Joel, most notably for the record-setting 12-show run at Madison Square Garden.