Vince Giordano (American Saxophonist) – Age, Height, Net Worth, Biography

Vince Giordano is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone.[1] Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have played on television and film soundtracks, including the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Woody Allen’s musical comedy film Everyone Says I Love You. Giordano maintained his interest in early jazz and dance styles, and his love for that bygone era led him in time to form his own band, the Nighthawks, with which he played original charts of the era as well as those that were specially prepared. Giordano was soon playing at many of New York’s most prestigious venues and he also played at the city’s jazz festivals and appeared in the Netherlands at the Breda Jazz Festival. Giordano played on the soundtracks of The Cotton Club (1984).

Vince Giordano Biography

Vincent James Giordano, 11 March 1952, New York City, New York, USA. Inspired by hearing records Giordano soon took a serious interest in music and by the age of 15 was playing professionally on string bass and, unusually, brass bass and bass saxophone. He had not only developed a liking for instruments on the lower range, he also took a precocious interest in arranging in the style of 20s and early 30s dance bands. To this end, he sought out and took lessons from Bill Challis. He played in a wide range of settings in New York, in both jazz groups and theatrical pit bands, including the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Bob Greene’s band, the New York Jazz Repertory Company, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band, and with Leon Redbone.

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Career: When he was five, Giordano listened to music of the 1920s on a wind-up Victrola. When he was 15, he played string bass and bass saxophone professionally and took lessons from Bill Challis to learn about writing arrangements like the dance bands of the 1920s and 30s. He performed with New Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band, he New York Jazz Repertory Company, and Leon Redbone. He plays bass saxophone, string bass and tuba with his band, The Nighthawks, which plays music from the early days of jazz, such as Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Lending his musical and acting talents to Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Cotton Club led to working with Dick Hyman’s Orchestra in half a dozen Woody Allen soundtracks, then acting as bass player, most notably in Sean Penn’s band in Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown. Giordano and the Nighthawks have appeared on soundtracks for the movies The Aviator, Finding Forrester, The Good Shepherd, and Public Enemies, the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.