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Here is what Zan Stewart wrote in the Los Angeles Times...

Dynamic Duo

By ZAN STEWART, Special to The Los Angeles Times

Jeanne and John Pisano have the kind of mutual admiration anybody would want.

They are not only happily married, they are happily making music together. Jeanne is a pure-voiced soprano who instills her versions of standards and originals with a mixture of delicacy, verve and emotion; John is a nimble-fingered guitarist who crafts chords and solos replete with ear-tingling notes.

The Pisanos, who live on a Studio City hilltop, perform as a vocal-guitar duo. They will perform Wednesday and Sept. 28 at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, where they will celebrate the release of their new CD, "Ensemble."

"The thing that I enjoy most about working just with Jeanne is that I have total freedom within the forms of the songs we're doing," said John, known for his work with Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass and jazz guitar great Joe Pass. "I can create anything I want."

"We really listen and communicate so well together," said Jeanne, a professional vocalist for 25 years.

When the Pisanos were holding forth in the late 1990s at the now-defunct Papashon in Encino, they discovered the joys of adding a wind or brass player, along with a bassist, to their shows.

"I love that texture thing, the blend that I get when I sing with someone else," Jeanne said. "When you hit notes that blend, it makes it richer."  

Picture courtesy of Richard Glick

The Flying Pisanos CD Release Party

Monday August 7, 2000 at Rocco's, Bel Aire, CA

Joining John and Jeanne Pisano on stage are - Chuck Berghoffer on bass and Warren Luening on flugel horn.