Charlie Apicella

Jazz e Dintorni - S06E27 - 2026.05.02 (Charlie Apicella)Oye Como VaHard Bop Meets Woodstock. Maybe some Pat Martino in there, too…Lemon RindOriginal bit of smoldering Al Green, Philly Soul, and Motown.Remembering B.B. KingSeptember 2025 marked the 100th anniversary of B.B.’s birth and I am honored tohave been interviewed by Vintage Guitar Magazine about my time with him at the verybeginning of my life as a guitarist. This original is from my Blues Epic Suite pt. 2: The Chitlin’ Circuit. I hope to invoke B.B. King Live At The Regal, live in Chicago 1968’s Blues Is King, etc.IdrisFan favorite off my first Zoho record, Big Boss. Sonny Stitt, Lou Donaldson, Idris Muhammad.64 CadillacOur live set opener which always helps us invoke the ancestral voices. Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Larry Young.Remembering Jimi HendrixStarted as an improvisation Juma and I had been working on for some time. Sort of a frame for a collage of Jimi Hendrix quotes. My heartfelt salute to his legacy as a kind and wise person.Big BossSonny Fortune was the first jazz musician I heard live on stage and within only a few moments it changed my life. Several years later I heard him one night at Blue Note andwoke up after about four hours of sleep with this tune fully formed in my head, I only had to write it down on staff paper.Can’t Help Falling In LoveKeeping with the Hard Bop Meets Woodstock theme, I base my arrangement on ArloGuthrie’s approach to the tune.SparksA nightly catalyst.