Secret Love – 2013

John Pisano and Pat Kelley

Typically tasteful swinging by guitarists Pisano and Kelley in a quartet

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Guitarist John Pisano (1931-2024) loved playing with other guitarists.

He enjoyed being a supportive guitarist with Joe Pass’ quartet and for decades in the Los Angeles area, he hosted weekly “Guitar Nights” which teamed him with a large variety of masterful guitarists.

From one of those nights in 2013, Pisano is joined by guitarist Pat Kelley, bassist Chuck Berghofer, and drummer Mark Ferber for a version of “Secret Love.”

While these two guitarists rarely worked together, Pisano was such a tasteful accompanist (as one can hear during Kelley’s opening solo), that this swinging performance sounds as if this were a regularly working group.

-Scott Yanow

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