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What: Ed Palermo Band Plays Frank Zappa

Where: DHPAC/Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College

305 North Service Road, Dix Hills, NY 11746

When: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Ticket Info: $25 http://www.dhpac.org or (631) 656-2148

Ed Palermo is not a “business as usual” musician. After all, when most people think of “big bands,” they think of Duke and Dorsey. At Ed Palermo’s Big Band concert, you will hear Frank Zappa. Palermo’s interpretation of the music of iconoclastic composer Frank Zappa has brought him wide recognition. His first CD of this material, “The Ed Palermo Big Band Plays The Music of Frank Zappa,” garnered rave reviews. Downbeat magazine gave the CD a 4-star review. Palermo’s second CD of Zappa material, titled “Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,” has been received with equal enthusiasm from publications all over the world, including another rave from Downbeat.

Before forming his own band, Ed toured and recorded with many different artists, including Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, Melba Moore, Debbie Gibson, The Spinners and countless others. He has written and arranged for The Tonight Show, Maurice Hines and Eddy Fischer and arranged the music for a James Brown concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

From the DHPAC blog: A pre-show interview with Ed Palermo
http://blog.dhpac.org/2010/02/01/ed-…rview-with-ed/