Paul Speziale

Paul Speziale is a veteran of over 40 years in the music business as a musician/arranger/multi-instrumentalist. He plays acoustic and electric guitar, tenor banjo, plectrum banjo, 5 string banjo, mandolin, bass, ukulele, cello, fiddle and blues harmonica. He has a B.A. in Fine and Performing Arts from William Paterson College, and has worked and/or recorded with numerous artists including Angela Bacari, Redd Foxx, Allen & Rossi, Ronnie Spector, Cab Calloway, Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, Frankie Avalon and Stella Marrs and 150 shows at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas and the Rainbow Room in Manhattan with Rodney Dangerfield. He is legal counsel and executive board member of Local 248 of the American Federation of Musicians, a member of Local 802, of the American Federation of Musician. Paul performs regularly as a solo artist, with the String Jazz Society, Tony Gilio's Dixieland All Stars, the Hungry Hollow Trio as a duo with bassist Tom Yarnall, and with the Classic Rock Band Foor.