Today we lost a great friend, piano player and band leader,  JOE CAVALLARO.  Joe came from Elmira NY and entertained many of us who attended Alexandria Bay Jazz Festival and who also help run the Twin Tiers Jazz Festival in Elmira NY.  He had a wonderful personality, a lot of thoughtfulness and kindness that we will never forget.  RIP JOE  LOVE  DINNY & DO

He treated us Canadians as if we were gold when we came to Elmira.  His hospitality was beyond anything you could imagine.  His band members were also wonderful to all of us.

For some unknown reason, he took a special shine to my Dinny.  Why I don’t know!!!!!!!  They joked around all the time and Joe would call Dinny and say ( I just had to call you, you’re driving me crazy if I don’t.)  He called just  a few weeks ago to say that the band had their passports and would be able to come to Kitchener to play for us.  Wayne and Nancy and all of us were so excited that this would happen in the new year.  Unfortunately, the Lord had other plans for Joe, which we are not too happy about.

His spirit and smile will live on in our hearts and remember the good times.  Our sympathy goes out to his dear friend Karen and his devoted band members.

Sincerely

Dinny & Do

 Local jazz music legend Joe Cavallaro dies

Elmira Jazz Festival, New York

August 20th - Saturday
The Elmira New York Jazz Festival.
Dinny & The Allstars featuring Brian Dinsdale, John Seiger, Lynn Eberhart, Peter Turner and 2 more guest stars.

Plus 2 more great bands, one being Joe Cavalaro. You have all heard him many times at A Bay and he is the organizer for the entertainment again this year.

We played this gig last year and it was great. It is a great overnight event. Last year there were quite a few people from Kitchener and Buffalo Jazz Society

Mark Twain Jazz Festival, Elmira

Dinny & The All Stars were invited to play for the Mark Twain Jazz Festival in August in Elmira New York. It was a wonderful experience. There were 3 bands and the festival was hosted by Joe Cavelaro and his band.

They closed off the street by a park, had barbaques going, french fries and what ever to eat and lots of great beer. People brought their lawn chairs and sat and danced to the super bands. It was a nice warm sunny day and many people from the Kitchener area and Toronto came. Dinny's band had Canadians and Americans in it. That is why it is called The All Stars. 


 We had a wonderful host who housed Dinny & I and Wayne and Nancy. They were very generous with their hospitality. It was Lynn & Pam Eberhardt. It was a lot of fun and would love to do it again.