John Pizzarelli

American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader

Person Human Q1701445

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: April 6, 1960
Place of birth: Paterson
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: singer, bandleader, guitarist, singer-songwriter, writer, autobiographer, jazz musician, jazz guitarist, recording artist, musician^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Educated at: Don Bosco Preparatory High School^[15]
Father: Bucky Pizzarelli^[8]
Sibling: Martin Pizzarelli^[31]
Genre: jazz, big band music^[17]^[18]
Official website: johnpizzarelli.com^[26]
Discography: John Pizzarelli discography^[22]
Family name: Pizzarelli^[24]
Given name: John^[25]
Instrument: guitar, seven-string guitar, voice^[27]^[28]^[29]
Record label: P-Vine Records, Telarc International Corporation, RCA Records^[19]^[20]^[21]
Residence: Paterson^[23]
Social media followers: 13k (2.4k–13k, n=5)^[32]^[33]
Start of work period: 1980^[30]

🏷️ Also known as

en John Pizzarelli cs John Paul Pizzarelli fa جان پیزارلی fr John Pizzarelli Jr. ja ジョン・ピザレリ ja ジョン・ピッツァレリ ru Джон Пиццарелли

🔖 Identifiers · 53

ISNI: 0000000114439231
VIAF cluster ID: 51882434
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n85173088
GND ID: 134681231
Image (Wikimedia Commons): John Pizzarelli-3.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000230290
American Film Institute person ID: 436073
Apple Music artist ID: 296812
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139676163
Billboard artist ID: john-pizzarelli
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 56026
DDB person (GND) ID: 134681231

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Deezer artist ID: 8571
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134681231
Discogs artist ID: 337784
Europeana entity: agent/base/73534
FAST ID: 163982
Facebook username: JohnPizzarelliOfficial
Freebase ID: /m/01lhk3r
GTAA ID: 259360
Grammy Awards artist ID: john-pizzarelli/300060
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: John_Pizzarelli
Grove Music Online ID: J356500
HAND ID: F921-9C13-9A9B-12F8-5691
IMDb ID: nm0686200
IdRef ID: 244028710
Instagram username: johnpizzarelliofficial
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 56269
J9U entity ID: 987007337137605171
Jaxsta profile ID: 33fe0419-b73f-484d-8391-2d8cec5e2030
Kinobox person ID: 897133
Last.fm ID: John+Pizzarelli
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID: 24317
MusicBrainz artist ID: f51010e6-6fe2-46bf-97f0-f9f168710c95
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000079023
Myspace ID: johnpizzarelli
NL CR AUT ID: xx0036296
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 102282641
Obálky knih ID: xx0036296
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100329575
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 968
Shazam artist ID: 296812
Songkick artist ID: 230156
Spotify artist ID: 5Yc3oYPNlABAj17eZiNJqf
TMDB person ID: 1215532
Tidal artist ID: 3201
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000368754
WikiTree person ID: Pizzarelli-2
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrrC4P9bjyBYG9RrDq4v3
X (Twitter) username: johnpizzarelli
Yale LUX ID: person/8849b8b6-d84f-4af1-b997-25113227f08e
Yandex Music artist ID: 8460
YouTube channel ID: UC2ouRCUK_27oY_yPAmpLjcQ

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 23

After Hours, All of Me, Bossa Nova, Brazil, Dear Mr. Cole, Dear Mr. Sinatra, Double Exposure, Kisses in the Rain +15 more

Occupation 8

writer, singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, jazz musician, autobiographer, recording artist

Instrument 3

guitar, seven-string guitar, voice

Record label 3

RCA Records, Telarc International Corporation, P-Vine Records

Genre 2

jazz, big band

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Father 1

Bucky Pizzarelli

Given name 1

John

Instance of 1

human

Mb:sibling 1

Martin Pizzarelli

Parent of 1

Bucky Pizzarelli

Place of birth 1

Paterson

Residence 1

Paterson

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:married 1

Jessica Molaskey

← Mb:parent 1

Bucky Pizzarelli

← Performer 1

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Summary

John Pizzarelli was born on April 6, 1960^[1], in Paterson^[2]. He has worked as a singer^[3], bandleader^[4], guitarist^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], and writer^[7].

FAQs

Where was John Pizzarelli born?

John Pizzarelli's place of birth was Paterson^[2].

Who were John Pizzarelli's parents?

John Pizzarelli's father was Bucky Pizzarelli^[8].

What did John Pizzarelli do for work?

John Pizzarelli worked as a singer^[3], bandleader^[4], guitarist^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], and writer^[7].

Where did John Pizzarelli go to school?

John Pizzarelli was educated at Don Bosco Preparatory High School^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ John Pizzarelli — place of birth (P19): Paterson. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John Pizzarelli — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John Pizzarelli — father (P22): Bucky Pizzarelli. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John Pizzarelli — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John Pizzarelli — educated at (P69): Don Bosco Preparatory High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): bandleader. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): autobiographer. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): jazz musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): jazz guitarist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): recording artist. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John Pizzarelli — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John Pizzarelli — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John Pizzarelli — genre (P136): big band music. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ John Pizzarelli — record label (P264): P-Vine Records. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ John Pizzarelli — record label (P264): Telarc International Corporation. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ John Pizzarelli — record label (P264): RCA Records. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ John Pizzarelli — discography (P358): John Pizzarelli discography. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ John Pizzarelli — residence (P551): Paterson. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ John Pizzarelli — date of birth (P569): April 6, 1960. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-11. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ John Pizzarelli — family name (P734): Pizzarelli. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ John Pizzarelli — given name (P735): John. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ John Pizzarelli — official website (P856): http://johnpizzarelli.com. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ John Pizzarelli — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ John Pizzarelli — instrument (P1303): seven-string guitar. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ John Pizzarelli — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ John Pizzarelli — start of work period (P2031): 1980. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ John Pizzarelli — sibling (P3373): Martin Pizzarelli. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ John Pizzarelli — social media followers (P8687): 2400. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ John Pizzarelli — social media followers (P8687): 8100. wikidata.org.

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Place of birth → Paterson

Discography → John Pizzarelli discography

Educated at → Don Bosco Preparatory High School

Family name → Pizzarelli

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John Pizzarelli

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