Joe Graziosi - Hues (2024) Hi Res

“My first dream goal in life was to play First Base for the Cleveland Indians. My second was to write and record my own music and lead killer bands.

As far as I can tell, Josh Naylor has First Base locked up for the Guardians, so with the release of my debut album, “Hues", I’ll settle for the realization of the second dream.

The title of the album comes from where I was fortunate enough to make lots of music with the three musicians on this record, “Hughes Hall”, the …. weathered …. music building at Ohio State University.

Lucas Holmes (piano), Adam DeAscentis (bass), and Maxwell Button (drums) all brought wonderful energy and creativity to this music. I hadn’t seen any of them for quite a few years once I had moved away from Columbus, so it was a great treat to get all of us into a room to record at The Beat Farm in Youngstown, Ohio with the one-and-only Billy LaGuardia, who I’ll be forever indebted to for providing the venue, the sound, Cocca’s, and the confidence that we got the takes.”

From packed festivals in Italy, shores as far away as Tasmania, and historic jazz venues in New York City, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and award-winning composer Joe Graziosi has performed his music all around the world.

Graziosi’s versatility as a multi-instrumentalist and proficiency in many styles of music has led to him performing with such artists as Peter Erskine, Robin Eubanks, Alex Sipiagin, Gil Goldstein, Anthony Wonsey, Kenyatta Beasley, Bill Holman, Pierre Piscitelli, Brad Whiteley, Andy Bianco, Ernie Krivda, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Vaughn Weister’s Famous Jazz Orchestra, Norbert Leo Butz, The Drifters, the Nelson Brothers, Matthew Morrison, Rumer Willis, Isabela Moner, Justin Guarini, Atomic Funk Project, The Zou, The Vindys, and many more.