Rhode Island’s Dick Lupino has done it all. He’s a talented veteran bassist, guitar player, torch-singer, business man and important local music agent.packed into one. Dick is known for leading group performances at weddings, parties and high society gatherings. A graduate of the New England Conservatory (Boston), he has played with symphony orchestras, jazz combos […]
Cranston’s Shawnn Monteiro is one of the top female jazz singers in America. Her connections to the music world began with her late father, the renowned bassist Jimmy Woode, and late godfather, the gifted trumpet great Clark Terry. I agree with other critics that her voice is reminiscent of the magnificent talents of the great […]
One of the world’s greatest piano players comes from Rhode Island. Michael Renzi grew up in Cranston. His early local performance venues included a residency throughout the 1960s at the Kings and Queens Restaurant in nearby North Providence. Other gigs occurred throughout greater Providence. His amazing capture of the piano ivories caught the attention of […]