DESCRIPTION:
Rob Paparozzi is a New Jersey-based frontman, singer, & harmonica player and has been a blues performer since 1967. But Rob is far from being strictly a blues musician. In fact, he's at home playing a wide range of music, ranging from rock to blues to jazz to pop. This versatility is reflected in the long and remarkably diverse list of major artists Rob has worked with, including B.B.King, Dr. John, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Carole King, Roberta Flack, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Randy Newman, Jimmy McGriff, and James Galway.

John Korba, a singer & keyboardist, has toured with Hall & Oates and Phoebe Snow. As a house band member, he contributed to the success of the long running Broadway musical, Rent. Along with his long time partners in music Rob Paparozzi and Bernard Purdie, they continue to please music lovers with their mastery of pop, jazz, and R&B.

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is known as "the world's most recorded drummer." Bernard's Purdie's style has been described as the "funkiest soul beat" in the business, and he has decidedly never limited his talents to the realm of jazz but rather has consistently sought out new musical experiences beyond it's borders. He has anchored sessions with the Rolling Stones, James Brown and Tom Jones with equal ease and proven that - with all his attention to precision playing - terms such as "drive" and "GROOVE" are definitely not missing from his vocabulary.

Rob Paparozzi - Harmonica, Vocals
John Korba - Piano, Vocals
Bernard Purdie - Drums
Beldon Bullock - Bass

http://robpaparozzi.com/
http://www.bernardpurdie.com/

SHANGHAI JAZZ (Madison, New Jersey, USA)
+ Website - http://www.shanghaijazz.com/
+ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ShanghaiJazzClub
+ Twitter - https://twitter.com/EatLoveJazz
+ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ShanghaiJazzVideos
+ Schedule - http://shanghaijazz.com/schedule.html

Shanghai Jazz was opened in summer of 1995 by David Niu and Martha Chang. While studying in a doctorate program, Martha did extensive research on 1920’s Shanghai. During that tumultuous period globally, Shanghai was a destination for those looking to escape the depression in America, the rise of fascism in Eastern Europe, the penal colonies in Australia, among many other difficult situations around the world at that time. With myriad different cultures flooding into the city, the cuisines evolved, a dark and violent vein sprouted, and an incredible music scene developed and jazz was the genre that kept folks swinging in the clubs!

With this as inspiration, Shanghai Jazz was born. David and Martha drove this unique concept for 22 years and counting, as one of the “Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World” (Downbeat Magazine).

In the summer of 2017, Shanghai Jazz was passed on to Thomas Donohoe with a 29 year career in hospitality, 18 of those years he was a chef, leading award winning kitchens from New Jersey to Montana, Florida, and New York City. He trained with some of the best chefs in the world including Thomas Keller, at the French Laundry in Yountville, CA, Jonathan Waxman at Barbuto in NYC, and Bill Pete at Café des Artistes, also in NYC. Throughout his career, Tom has been focused on and committed to providing exquisite dining experiences to all his guests.

Now, Tom and Shanghai Jazz’s team of culinary and hospitality professionals carry on the tradition, driven by a collective passion to bring good people together with world-class live music, great food, and gracious hospitality to create an exceptionally fun dining experience.

VIDEO & AUDIO PRODUCTION
Gene Guerrero / gene@smartbizwebmedia.com

PHOTO CREDITS
Candles by rekre89 [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/missturner
Drummer by Tommaso Starace [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/32601236@N04/