Pat DeRosa Plays Jazz Standards in Montauk
The Pat DeRosa Orchestra will present a free concert of jazz standards at the Montauk Library on Wednesday evening at 7:30. Mr. DeRosa, a saxophonist now in his mid-90s, has played with the Tommy Tucker Orchestra, John Coltrane, Lionel Hampton, Tex Beneke, Percy Faith, and Dick Hyman, as well as in films, important jazz venues in New York City, and at Richard Nixon’s inaugural ball.
The orchestra includes Patricia DeRosa Padden, his daughter, on piano and vocals; Nichole DeRosa Padden, his granddaughter, on flute and vocals, and Bob Beck on drums.