Glenn Zottola
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Glenn Zottola
| birth_name = Glenn Paul Zottola
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|4|28}}
| birth_place = Port Chester, New York, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Trumpet, saxophone
| years_active = 1960–present
| label = Angel, Atlantic, Chiaroscuro, Classic Jazz, Concord, Dreamstreet, Famous Door, Harbinger, Progressive
| website = {{URL|www.glennzottola.com}}
}}
Glenn Paul Zottola, (born April 28, 1947){{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=445}} is an American jazz trumpeter and saxophonist.
He is known for his work with Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, and Bob Wilber, and has accompanied a broad range of vocalists, including Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Joe Williams.{{cite book| last = Carr| first = Ian| author2 = Fairweather, Digby| author2-link = Digby Fairweather| author3 = Priestley, Brian| author3-link = Brian Priestley| title = Jazz: The Rough Guide| publisher = The Rough Guides| year = 1995| pages = [https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/617 617]| isbn = 1-85828-137-7| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/617}} He has recorded over 50 albums and, in 1988, was a featured soloist at the 50th anniversary of Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert. In 1995, Zottola was bandleader on the Suzanne Somers daytime TV talk show at Universal Studios.{{Cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1306912/Glenn-Zottola/filmography#mostrecenttv|title=Glenn Zottola - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084522/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1306912/Glenn-Zottola/filmography#mostrecenttv|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-date=2012-11-04}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVERSAL+STUDIOS+HOLLYWOOD+NAMED+HOME+FOR+%27THE+SUZANNE+SOMERS+SHOW%27-a015610088 |title=UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD NAMED HOME FOR 'THE SUZANNE SOMERS SHOW' - Free Online Library |access-date=2011-03-18 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071437/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVERSAL+STUDIOS+HOLLYWOOD+NAMED+HOME+FOR+%27THE+SUZANNE+SOMERS+SHOW%27-a015610088 |url-status=dead }}
Discography
=As leader=
- Live at Eddie Condon's (Dreamstreet, 1981)
- Secret Love (Famous Door, 1982)
- Stardust (Famous Door, 1984)
- Christmas in Jazztime (Dreamstreet, 1986)
- Bechet Legacy: Birch Hall Concerts Live with Bob Wilber (Classic Jazz, 2013)
- Charlie Parker with Strings Revisited (Classic Jazz, 2015)
=As sideman=
With Butch Miles
- Butch Miles Salutes Chick Webb (Famous Door, 1980)
- Butch Miles Swings Some Standards (Famous Door, 1981)
- Butch Miles Salutes Gene Krupa (Famous Door, 1982)
- More Miles... More Standards (Famous Door, 1985)
With Bob Wilber
- Bob Wilber and the Bechet Legacy (Bodeswell, 1981)
- Ode to Bechet (Jazzology, 1982)
- On the Road (Bodeswell, 1992)
With others
- Mousey Alexander, The Mouse Roars! (Famous Door, 1979)
- Steve Allen, Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)
- Phil Bodner et al, Highlights in Jazz (Stash, 1985)
- George Kelly, Plays the Music of Don Redman (Stash, 1984)
- Peggy Lee, Love Held Lightly (Angel, 1993)
- George Masso, A Swinging Case of Masso-Ism (Famous Door, 1981)
- George Masso, No Frills, Just Music (Famous Door, 1984)
- Maxine Sullivan, Together (Atlantic, 1987)
References
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External links
- [http://glennzottola.com/ Glenn Zottola web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116054550/http://glennzottola.com/ |date=2012-11-16 }}
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Category:American jazz saxophonists
Category:American male saxophonists
Category:People from Port Chester, New York
Category:American jazz trumpeters
Category:American male trumpeters
Category:Jazz musicians from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American saxophonists
Category:21st-century American trumpeters
Category:21st-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians
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