Photo by Steve Friedman
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Most recently, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks won a GRAMMY: Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media – 2012 for their work on BOARDWALK EMPIRE Volume 1 – Music from the HBO Original Series CD. Vince and the band are heard and seen on Boardwalk Empire as well as USA Network series Royal Pains. In January they performed at the 92nd Street Y for the Lyrics & Lyricist “Makin’ Whoopee” with Christine Andreas, Jason Graae, Howard McGillin, Laura Osnes and Bolcom & Morris.
In 2011 they performed at Turner Classic Movie Film Festival with an original score accompanying Buster Keaton’s silent film The Cameraman at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Also in 2011, Vince and the band were on the PBS series Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, where Vince revealed some treasures from the Great American Songbook.
This year Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks will perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center in a battle of the bands with Toshiko Akioshi’s Band and concerts at: Mayo Performing Arts Center, Music Mountain, Old Westbury Gardens, the Litchfield Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks can be heard every Monday and Tuesday evenings at Sofia’s Restaurant, adjacent to the Edison Hotel in the heart of Times Square in NYC.
Photo by Michael Lenic
Jaunty Songs That Reveal a Bleaker Reality
“An erupting wellspring of euphoria: that would describe the vintage swing emanating from Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks…”
–The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Playing a Bandleader and Keeping It Real
“VINCE GIORDANO didn’t just record with his band, the Nighthawks, much of the music on ‘Boardwalk Empire.’ He also served as an invaluable historical resource.”
–The New York Times by Charles McGrath
The Nighthawks: Andy Stein, violin/baritone sax; Mike Ponella, trumpet; Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet;
Jim Fryer, trombone; Dan Block, alto sax/clarinet; Mark Lopeman, tenor sax/clarinet; Dan Levinson, alto sax/clarinet;
Peter Yarin, Piano; Ken Salvo, guitar/banjo; Arnie Kinsella, percussion; Vince Giordano, string bass/bass sax/tuba