Jimmy Alleva grew up in Queens, New York, the middle child of three brothers. He fondly recalls his quality time spent with his family as they took great pleasure listening to Italian music legends such as Jimmy Roselli, Sergio Franchi and Mario Lanza. It was at an early age when Jimmy discovered his love for this beautiful music.Jimmy's adoration of Italian music runs deep within the Alleva blood. For as long as he could remember, every Saturday his family would go to their grandfather's butcher shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn. His grandfather would encourage him and his brothers to learn many Neapolitan songs and even paid Jimmy and his brother's each five dollars for every song they learned. That was a fun incentive for the boys, and in turn they each learned classics such as:Tazza Cafe', Senza Mamma Inamorata and Mala Femmina and  Scapricciatiello. It was a great time for the entire Alleva family. The Alleva family became a musical household; one brother was a well known Italian singer from their neighborhood and his other brother was a bass player who performed in many local great bands.

All That Jazz Dance Academy offers classes in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Hip-hop, Character Jazz, Technique, Choreography, Voice, Acting and Guitar.  The All That Jazz Competition Team is a Platinum Award winning team, and Director/Choreographer Deborah Delpopolo has won multiple awards for her innovative choreography.  All That Jazz was named "Best Studio for Choreography" at Dance Arts Plus dance competition two years in a row.
 
All That Jazz is a safe, nurturing environment where teachers are hand selected by Director Deborah Delpopolo.  All teachers are NYC trained.  Students of All That Jazz have gone on to perform in musicals at MCCC's Kelsey Theater, Great Adventure and NYC workshops.  Deborah Delpopolo is proud to celebrate her Italian heritage! More information about the studio may be found at their website www.allthatjazzda.com

As a boy alto in his youth, Christopher admits to lacking the temperament to perform solo until high school. Inspired by the legendary tenor Mario Lanza, Mr. Macchio imbued into his singing a unique blend of bel-canto artistic grace with Lanza's sincere emotive power. Once the operatic tenor quality of his voice was discovered at 15, he began serious exposure to singing at the USDAN Center for the Performing Arts, where he was provided private lessons with NYU voice instructor and Munich State Opera legend John Kuhn. It was through these vocal studies that he was exposed to other legendary tenors like Sergio Franchi, Giuseppe DiStefano, and the incomparable Luciano Pavarotti. In 1996 Mr. Macchio began studies at the Manhattan School of Music Conservatory under Metropolitan Opera baritone Theodor Uppman. In addition to studying with Metropolitan Opera coaches Bob Cowart and Elizabeth Roberts, he has continued studies with Professor Kuhn, preparing a wide variety of art songs, arias, and show tunes for annual studio recitals held by the Bronx Conservatory of Music. In addition to close collaboration with a diverse field of voice teachers and coaches, Mr. Macchio has absorbed a wealth of wisdom from myriad published and oral sources, exemplifying the ethos of the late mega-tenor Luciano Pavarotti, that everyone ought “to be their own best teacher”. In 2000, Mr. Macchio appeared as the principal tenor role of Arturo in Bellini’s I Puritani, a production of NYC’s Opera Nova company where his performance was described as “brando-esque” by Manhattan’s West Sider Newspaper. In 2004, Christopher crossed over into the Broadway repertoire by performing the leading role of Tony in Long Island - based Creative Ministries’ production of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Since then Mr. Macchio has performed for countless special events and dignitaries, including the Vice President of the United States, the Governor of Massachusetts, and former NYC mayor and presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani. 

Cristina Fontanelli has performed with many popular "giants" such as Tony Bennett, Joel Grey, Vic Damone and many others.  Ms. Fontanelli is a favorite guest artist with many prestigious orchestras including the Boston Pops and the St. Louis Symphony, performing in major concert halls throughout the U.S. and the world, including the Lincoln and Kennedy Centers, the Philadelphia Academy of Music and major concert halls throughout the Far East and Canada.  She has completed three world-tours with the Mantovani Orchestra.  Her beautiful soprano voice has taken her to the White House as part of President Clinton's holiday celebration, to Gracie Mansion at the invitation of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Governor's mansion in Princeton, NJ, to Washington, D.C. for the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), to Lincoln Center with stars from the Metropolitan Opera, to the Waldorf-Astoria for the Columbus Citizens Foundation honoring Franco Zeffirelli, to a special function honoring Maestro Riccardo Muti and the prestigious National Arts Club in NYC.

Combining elements of rock, Italian Tarantella, gypsy music and positive energy is the secret of Tammurriatarock's (T-Rock's) great live show.  The band is considered "Italy's most exciting live band."  Enrico Capuano, Tammurriatrock's frontman and entertainer with a rebel rock 'n' roll heart, started mixing Italian popular music, traditional rhythms and modern cool sounds 25 years ago.  He found inspiration in Italian and multicultural original cultures.

T-Rock has released five albums and perform more than 100 concerts every year including PRIMO MAGGIO PIAZZA SUN GIOVANNI (one of the bigger European concerts) with 1 million people attending.   The band incorporates minor-key accordion and a special violin with distortion and guitar effects.  The concert is a mix between Italian roots like Saltarello, Pizzica and Tarangella and modern sounds like ska, rock and Latin.  This is the original Tarantella Rock!

Jerry Blavat, the legendary Geator with the Heater, was one of the early rock-and-roll deejays who revolutionized the profession and invented the “oldies" format. He had national success in the '60s as host of the popular CBS-TV dance show The Discophonic Scene, but is best known as a high-energy oldies deejay on the air and at live events throughout the Middle Atlantic region and on PBS. With a successful nightclub outside Atlantic City (Memories in Margate); regular radio shows on 88.5 FM WXPN in Philadelphia, 92.1 FM WVLT in South Jersey, and 98.3 FM WTKU in Atlantic City; and scores of sold-out live dance events every year,  Blavat is more popular than ever and recently celebrated 50 years on radio. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and his autobiography, You Only Rock Once: My Life in Music, has been number one in its category since its release in July 2011 by Running Press. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.

While they are still young, this kid band is old in experience. M.E.R.C.K. is made by the first initials of each band member in order of the letters: Michael Visalli on bass guitar, Evan Kreutzberg on lead guitar and vocals, Ryan Kreutzberg on the drums and backup vocals, Colton Patton on rhythm guitar, and last be not least, Kristen Kreutzberg on keyboard.  M.E.R.C.K. comes from the small town of Columbus, NJ and has played venue from Six Flags Great Adventures's Live and Local to the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. 

O Solo Trio is a new, vibrant musical ensemble based in NYC featuring the lush voices of soprano Erin Shields and baritone Giuseppe Spoletini along with amazingly versatile David Shenton on violin and piano.  Their shows feature a blend of some of the most popular Italian opera, Neapolitan and classic jazz standards with a concentration on the Italian language.  Erin Shields is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music.  Erin also studied voice in Vienna, Austria.  Her vocal versitility has allowed her to perform a number of different genres all over the country. Giuseppe Spoletini is a Canadian Baritone and has performed widely throughout Canada and the U.S.  Some of his previous roles include the title role in Gianni Schicchi.  He has performed with The Opera Theater of Saint Louis.  David Shenton is an English pianist, violinist, composer and arranger living and working in New York City.  He performs regularly with other noted musicians including David Finck, Dave Eggar, Mike Viseglia and many other esteemed players.

When you've been playing guitar and singing the blues as long as Paul Plumeri, you learn to do things your own way.  Naturally, since he does things his own way, Plumeri's guitar playing and singing style are distinctive.  Plumeri, the third son of the well-known longtime Trenton area politician and civil servant Sam Plumeri, began playing guitar at age seven.    He has been associated with the blues in the Garden State and greater Philadelphia for more than three decades.

Penny Sue - (aka Merissa Morin) is co-creator of Penny & the Puppettes and a graduate of New York University's Musical Theater program at Tisch School of the Arts. Her adult acting career includes: co-starring in the film One Night with Melissa Leo, a brief role on The Sopranos, and most recently starring in the independent film Tackle Girl. Penny also writes music on both the guitar and piano, and gigs out in Manhattan music venues. She is the third generation in a family of children's entertainers, and is thrilled to be continuing in the family tradition. Her vocals are featured on Jane's album, Uh Oh, There's Something Underneath My Bed, in the songs "Stand" and "Get that Big Beak Outta My Face!"

Tony Valente came to America in 1964 from "Castrovillarri" in Calabria and although he started playing guitar in 1969, he actually was a professional "soccer player" and travelled throughout the US from 1971 to 1976.  In 1988 the trio "Prima Vera" was formed.  Tony plays guitar and sings Italian folk music.  Luigi plays bass and sings modern American songs and Vinny plays keyboard.  They also have, at times, an additional singer "Calogero" who sings "Elvis" hits and also sings in Italian.  

Terry Bender is a popular entertainer at fairs and other outdoor community events in the Washington Metropolitan Area. As an organ grinder, he is typically right on the street or pathway used by the attending crowd, playing upbeat tunes of many kinds on his Raffin Street Organ. He entertains with his handmade German mechanical monkey, Wastel, and his mechanical parrot and tucan. Children of all ages are fascinated to discover an instrument and entertainment they assumed no longer existed. For some senior citizens, it brings back memories of the organ grinder they enjoyed in their childhood.

THE DUPREES are known the world over for their romantic interpretations of some of the most beautiful love songs ever written. They have made a career out of giving new life to old hits. If you take the Glenn Miller arrangements of the 1940's along with the tunes of Joni James, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Nat King Cole, (just to name a few) and the vocal harmonies of Tom Petillo, Tony Testa, Phil Granito and Jimmy Spinelli and put them together, you have the sound of THE DUPREES.

The group, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, was discovered by George Paxton, the president of Coed Records and former big band leader from the 1940's. Impressed with THE DUPREES's smooth vocal quality, he had them record Jo Stafford's 1950's ballad "YOU BELONG TO ME" with a Big Band arrangement. It was an instant national hit and the group's first Million Seller.

THE DUPREES took melodies that were hits in the 1940s and 50s, created new arrangements featuring their distinctive harmonies, and backed them with the big band sound. Their unique approach earned them hit records like "My Own True Love," "You Belong to Me," "Have You Heard," "Why Don't You Believe Me" and many more. Because of their unmistakable sound and style, THE DUPREES have become one of America's best loved singing groups recording and performing great love songs for over 4 decades. Although the faces have changed over the years, THE DUPREES still entertain audiences in major venues throughout the world to standing ovations at each performance. Today's DUPREES perform all the chart-topping songs you know and love, mixed with a few contemporary hits, like R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)." After an evening with THE DUPREES, you'll discover why their harmonies and hits are as timeless as ever. Along with their unique sound and outstanding vocal harmonies, The Duprees perform with showmanship that is individually and collectively, second to none. Thousands of fans around the globe are captivated by their wonderful mixture of romance, energy, and fun. When The Duprees take the stage, be prepared to be thoroughly entertained.