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Lou Natale, professional drummer, arranger vocalist,has dedicated over 60 years to his musical

career. Originating from the Pittsburgh area he began playing styles of the English

Invasion – then R&B (Motown) and Classical. He moved to Florida where he

continued to perform and study Jazz gaining vast experience in diversified

Modern Traditional American Jazz music, with the the melting and blending of

influences from Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Schools Attended: Broward College-studied Jazz under the baton of Jay Corey

(sax player for Buddy Rich); Florida Atlantic University-studied under Dr. Prince.

Studied Drums with: Bernard Linette (drummer for Freddy Cole); Frank Gant

(drummer for Ahmed Jamal) and Duffy Jackson (drummer for Lionel Hampton and

the Count Basie Orchestra); Steve Bagby (drummer for Ira Sullivan).

He performed throughout South Florida at venues such as the Carlyle Hotel,

Fountainebleau Hotel, the Diplomat Hotel, Hemmingways, Marthas and for cruise

lines such as LaBoheme, the Dolphin, the Caribe.

He had the opportunity to work with great Jazz musicians such as William Boone

who was the pianist for the famous sax player Lester Young and also Pete Minger,

trumpet player for the Count Basie Orchestra.

After years in Florida, he moved to Maryland where he played throughout the

DC/Virginia/Maryland area. He performed at many well-known venues such as

Blues Alley, Bohemian Caverns, Twins Jazz, US Botanic Gardens and on the

Millenium Stage of the Kennedy Center.

Lou has shared concert stages with Jazz greats such as The Duke Ellington Band,

Richard Elliott, Buster Williams, Nathan Page, Joe Williams and Dizzy Gillespie.

While in the DC/Virginia/Maryland area he had the opportunity to work with great Jazz musicians such as Tommy Falcone (Sax) whose brother Frank was the

musical director for Frank Sinatra, Bobby Butta (Piano), Carl Cornwell (Sax), Lyle

Link (Sax), Larry Brown (Piano) and many others.

Three years ago he moved to Viera, Florida and has played throughout the area at

venues such as Main Street Pub (Melbourne) with Ron Pirtle, Heidi’s Jazz Club

(Cocoa Beach) with Billy D, George & Dragon (Cocoa Village) with Jerry Z, the

Yacht Club (Vero Beach) with David Bialos, the Albis Cocktails & Bites (Cocoa

Beach) and Village Biergarten (Cocoa Village) with Chief Cherry.

Now onward with Natale Jazz Project where Lou creates a one-man band by

playing all the instruments while blending his singing voice with the smooth

sounds of Jazz!