Bucky Pizzarelli & Friends Play Bergen, 10/5

Known as the “the complete jazz musician,” guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli will visit Bergen Community College on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 3 p.m. for a matinee performance in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus. Tickets are $14 for general admission and $12 for students and senior citizens (65+).
Pizzarelli has released over 30 albums and completed countless compilation and ensemble recordings with some of the world’s best jazz musicians. He has toured and played with jazz legends such as Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman and George Van Eps. Pizzarelli’s performance at Bergen will feature a string background as he plays guitar.

The performance is part of Bergen Community College’s “This & That from Here & There” Performing Arts Series. For ticket information or for a full schedule of events, please call Bergen’s Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at 201-447-7428 or visit them on the Web at www.bergen.edu/cca

Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 15,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack, and Bergen at the Meadowlands, located at 1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst. Information about the College is available at www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at (201) 447-7200.