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John Pisano (1931-2024)

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Marc Myers
May 15, 2024
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John Pisano, a Los Angeles studio guitarist who began recording in the mid-1950s and was so proficient that he appeared on some of jazz's finest chamber jazz recordings and pop's flashiest hits, died May 2. He was 93. [Photo above of John Pisano]

Pisano, like dozens of other excellent jazz guitarists of the era who came from working-class Italian familie…

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