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Making this recording has been a life-long dream. Like many performers, music touched my soul at a very early age. If the music makes you laugh, cry, dance or tap your toes, I’ve accomplished my goal. Enjoy!

The title song, “Beautiful Dancer,” was written for my wife Linda and premiered on our wedding day. The other songs are many of my favorites, songs I’ve been playing for years.

For me the main thing has always been and will always be, “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!” Dig the fabulous arrangements by one of NY’s unsung heroes, Richie Iacona.


Reviews of Beautiful Dancer

"Gerard Carelli is a spectacular talent and his new album is the kind that I would rush to the store to buy."
Cy Coleman

"...the first combination trombonist-singer I've seen since Billy Eckstine and he's a talent on both ends."
Jerome Wilson
Cadence Magazine

"He not only knows how to swing a vocal, he adds a sweet-and-low trombone to the mix. Classy and classic."
Patricia Meyers, Jazz Times

"...some of the best known standards around. His playing has imagination and style, with a good jazz feel."
Matt Dennis


PERSONNEL: Vocals/Trombone - Gerard Carelli; Piano/Arranger - Richie Iacona; Bass - Bill Conway; Drums - Tony Tedesco; Guitar - Ron Affif; Tenor Sax/Clarinet - Bill Overton; Violins - Carol Pool, Mitchell Stern, Katherine L. Volsi-Stern