Greenberg And Cordato Fuse Jazz And Pop At PVMCC

For one night only, Friday July 17, from 7 to 9 pm, area musicians and educators Josh Greenberg and Jerry Cordato will perform a variety of jazz and pop standards for the Music and Art Café Night at the Petersburgh Veteran’s Memorial Community Center. The second set will be open mike.  Performers need to sign up in advance with Josh Greenberg.
The Music and Art Café Night is designed to bring local musicians to the public as well as to encourage the audience to paint, draw or sketch the musicians in concert. Also, the public is welcomed to listen, dance and enjoy an evening with family and friends. Admission at the door is $5 per person, $8 per couple or $10 per family.
Josh Greenberg and Jerry Cordato first met at The College of Saint Rose in 1978. From the first moment they performed together they sensed a special musical connection.  Josh Greenberg said, “I know you’ve heard it before, but it almost seems that Jerry knows what I am going to play before I even play it.”  In this performance, Josh and Jerry will play some of the great songs of George Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Antonio Jobim, Miles Davis and others.
Jerry Cordato has been on the popular music scene since the age of 16 with an active career in music as a keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and educator. His keyboard playing seamlessly blends the styles of traditional jazz with pop and rock fusion. Cordato’s vocals capture the melodic line, yet embellish it with a passion that captivates every man, woman and child who hears him. He currently teaches elementary music in the Hudson City School District.
Josh Greenberg has been performing professionally for over 30 years as a Pop/Jazz and Classical musician. His primary instrument is saxophone, but harmony vocals, flute and bassoon are other areas of specialty. Greenberg is also a music educator and has been teaching music for 25 years in the areas of instrumental, general and special education. He presently serves as Band Director for fourth and fifth grades in the Berlin Central School District. Greenberg has produced five albums of original music, most recently an album of jazz for children, “The Mother Goose Jazz Band, See How They Run,” released in 2002. In 2003, three songs from this album were selected by The Boston Children’s Museum to be part of a seven year exhibit entitled, Making America’s Music: Rhythm, Roots and Rhyme. The exhibit has traveled throughout the United States, Japan, the U.K. and Mexico.