Pete Pancrazi
being named recently by Downbeat Magazine as
"one to watch" and a guitar player "deserving greater attention" is no surprise to those who have heard him perform. Audiences in Arizona
voted him the "Jazz Guitar Player of the Year" in AzJazz Magazine's 2000 Readers' Poll.
This graduate of the Berklee School of Music
in Boston has been "one to watch" in the Phoenix area since taking up residence here in 1990.
Through the years, he has cultivated a large and loyal following. Audiences enjoy his nimble guitar work and warm vocals in settings
ranging from his solo performances at The Duck & Decanter to the complexity of his quintet at the
Desert Botanical Gardens.
While in Boston, Pancrazi won the Berklee Performer/Songwriter
Award four times as well as becoming a two time all around winner of the Berklee
Songwriter Competition. He also received the Boston
( ASCAP)
Songwriter's Award and the Berklee Performer's Scholarship. He continues to delight
audiences with his growing repertoire of original compositions, presented in performance alongside straight-ahead and Latin jazz standards.
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